See σφήξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "τοῦ σφηκός",
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
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"form": "τοῖν σφηκοῖν",
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"plural"
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "σφηξῐ́ν",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "toîs sphēxĭ́(n)",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸν σφῆκᾰ",
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"singular"
]
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"form": "τὼ σφῆκε",
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]
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"form": "σφήξ",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "grc",
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"Life",
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"ipa": "/spʰɛ̌ːks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɸiks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/spʰɛ̌ːks/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/spʰe̝ks/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɸiks/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
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"ipa": "/sfiks/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
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"word": "σφηκισμός"
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"1": "la",
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"3": "",
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"form": "sphḗx",
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"romanization"
]
},
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"form": "σφηκός",
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"genitive"
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"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
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{
"form": "ὁ σφήξ",
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "τὼ σφῆκε",
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"source": "inflection",
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"dual",
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},
{
"form": "οἱ σφῆκες",
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῦ σφηκός",
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν σφηκοῖν",
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]
},
{
"form": "τῶν σφηκῶν",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ σφηκῐ́",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν σφηκοῖν",
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"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖς σφηξῐ́",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "σφηξῐ́ν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs sphēxĭ́(n)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸν σφῆκᾰ",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ σφῆκε",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοὺς σφῆκᾰς",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "σφήξ",
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "σφῆκε",
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"dual",
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]
},
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]
}
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"Ancient Greek nouns",
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"Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
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"grc:Insects"
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"wasp"
],
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]
]
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],
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"ipa": "/spʰɛ̌ːks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɸiks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/spʰɛ̌ːks/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/spʰe̝ks/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɸiks/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
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],
"word": "σφᾱ́ξ"
}
],
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}
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