See σφήξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "σφηξῐ́ν",
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"dative",
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]
},
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"form": "toîs sphēxí",
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"dative",
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]
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"form": "τὸν σφῆκᾰ",
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"plural"
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},
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"kind": "other",
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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/",
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}
],
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"romanization"
]
},
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"form": "σφηκός",
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"genitive"
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"form": "Third declension",
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"class"
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"form": "ὁ σφήξ",
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
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{
"form": "τὼ σφῆκε",
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"dual",
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"form": "οἱ σφῆκες",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"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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"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῶν σφηκῶν",
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ σφηκῐ́",
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"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν σφηκοῖν",
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"dative",
"dual"
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},
{
"form": "τοῖς σφηξῐ́",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "σφηξῐ́ν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs sphēxí",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs sphēxín",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸν σφῆκᾰ",
"roman": "tòn sphêka",
"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ σφῆκε",
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"source": "inflection",
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"dual"
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},
{
"form": "τοὺς σφῆκᾰς",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "σφήξ",
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"tags": [
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "σφῆκε",
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]
},
{
"form": "σφῆκες",
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]
}
],
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"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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},
{
"ipa": "/sɸiks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/spʰɛ̌ːks/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/spʰe̝ks/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/sɸiks/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/sfiks/",
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}
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],
"word": "σφᾱ́ξ"
}
],
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}
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