Σπάρτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ (Spártā) – Doric

Etymology

Uncertain origin, 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.

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

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
Declension of Σπάρτη (Spárti)
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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