φάσγανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes of Pre-Greek origin. Has been connected with Ancient Greek σφάζω (spházō, “to slay, to kill”) but this connection seems unconvincing.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰáz.ɡa.non/ → /ˈɸaz.ɣa.non/ → /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰáz.ɡa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaz.ɡa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸaz.ɣa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/

Noun

φᾰ́σγᾰνον • (phásganon) n (genitive φᾰσγᾰ́νου); second declension

1. sword
2. corn-flag (Gladiolus italicus)

   Synonyms: ξῐφῐ́ον (xiphíon), ξῐ́φος (xíphos)

3. cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

   Synonym: ξᾰ́νθῐον (xánthion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φᾰ́σγᾰνον; τοῦ φᾰσγᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰ́σγᾰνον tò phásganon	τὼ φᾰσγᾰ́νω tṑ phasgánō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σγᾰνᾰ tà phásgana
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰσγᾰ́νου toû phasgánou	τοῖν φᾰσγᾰ́νοιν toîn phasgánoin	τῶν φᾰσγᾰ́νων tôn phasgánōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰσγᾰ́νῳ tôi phasgánōi	τοῖν φᾰσγᾰ́νοιν toîn phasgánoin	τοῖς φᾰσγᾰ́νοις toîs phasgánois
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́σγᾰνον tò phásganon	τὼ φᾰσγᾰ́νω tṑ phasgánō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σγᾰνᾰ tà phásgana
Vocative	φᾰ́σγᾰνον phásganon	φᾰσγᾰ́νω phasgánō	φᾰ́σγᾰνᾰ phásgana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φᾰσγᾰ́νῐον (phasgánion)
• φᾰσγᾰνῐ́ς (phasganís)
• φᾰσγᾰνουργός (phasganourgós)
• φᾰσγᾰ́νω (phasgánō)

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: Phasganon

Further reading

• “φάσγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φάσγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φάσγανον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φάσγανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φάσγανον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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