"σφύραινα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σφύραινα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /spʰy̌ː.rai̯.na/, /ˈsɸy.rɛ.na/, /ˈsfi.re.na/, /spʰy̌ː.rai̯.na/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈspʰy.rɛ.na/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsɸy.rɛ.na/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsfy.re.na/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsfi.re.na/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From σφῦρα (sphûra, “hammer, mallet”) + -αινᾰ (-aina). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|σφῦρα|-αινᾰ|t1=hammer, mallet}} σφῦρα (sphûra, “hammer, mallet”) + -αινᾰ (-aina) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σφῡ́ραινᾰ|σφῡραίνης|f|first}} σφῡ́ραινᾰ • (sphū́raina) f (genitive σφῡραίνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σφῡ́ραινᾰ|ης}} Forms: σφῡ́ραινᾰ [canonical], sphū́raina [romanization], σφῡραίνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σφῡ́ραινᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ σφῡραίνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ σφῡ́ραιναι [nominative, plural], τῆς σφῡραίνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν σφῡραίναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σφῡραινῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σφῡραίνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν σφῡραίναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς σφῡραίναις [dative, plural], τὴν σφῡ́ραινᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ σφῡραίνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σφῡραίνᾱς [accusative, plural], σφῡ́ραινᾰ [singular, vocative], σφῡραίνᾱ [dual, vocative], σφῡ́ραιναι [plural, vocative]
  1. barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena) Categories (lifeform): Scombroids Synonyms: κέστρα
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