Σπάρτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ (Spártā) — Doric

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”),[1] a reference to the cords laid as the city's foundation boundaries, though this could be folk etymology.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σπᾰ́ρτη • (Spártē) f (genitive Σπᾰ́ρτης); first declension

  1. Sparta; Sparti, Laconia, Greece

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σπᾰ́ρτη; τῆς Σπᾰ́ρτης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σπᾰ́ρτη
hē Spártē
Genitive τῆς Σπᾰ́ρτης
tês Spártēs
Dative τῇ Σπᾰ́ρτῃ
têi Spártēi
Accusative τὴν Σπᾰ́ρτην
tḕn Spártēn
Vocative Σπᾰ́ρτη
Spártē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
First declension of ᾱ̔ Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ; τᾶς Σπᾰ́ρτᾱς (Laconian)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ᾱ̔ Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ
hā Spártā
Genitive τᾶς Σπᾰ́ρτᾱς
tâs Spártās
Dative τᾷ Σπᾰ́ρτᾳ
tâi Spártāi
Accusative τᾱ̀ν Σπᾰ́ρτᾱν
tā̀n Spártān
Vocative Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ
Spártā
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants
Descendants of Σπάρτη in other languages

References
  1. Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Further reading
  • “Σπάρτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɾti/
  • Hyphenation: Σπάρ‧τη

Proper noun

Σπάρτη • (Spárti) f

  1. Sparta (large town in Laconia in Greece)

Declension
  Σπάρτη
case     \     number singular
nominative Σπάρτη •
genitive Σπάρτης •
accusative Σπάρτη •
vocative Σπάρτη •

Derived terms
  • Σπαρτιάτης m (Spartiátis, “male Spartan”)
  • Σπαρτιάτισσα f (Spartiátissa, “female Spartan”)
  • σπαρτιάτικος (spartiátikos) (adjective)
  • σπαρτιατικός (spartiatikós) (adjective)
  • σπαρτιάτικα (spartiátika) (adverb)
  • σπαρτιατικά (spartiatiká) (adverb)

Further reading
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