σφηκισμός

Ancient Greek

From σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”), as if from a verb σφηκίζω (sphēkízō, “to buzz like a wasp”).

σφηκισμός • (sphēkismós) m (genitive σφηκισμοῦ); second declension

(music) a form of playing the aulos with a buzzing timbre (glossed by Hesychius of Alexandria)

Second declension of ὁ σφηκισμός; τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφηκισμός ho sphēkismós	τὼ σφηκισμώ tṑ sphēkismṓ	οἱ σφηκισμοί hoi sphēkismoí
Genitive	τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ toû sphēkismoû	τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν toîn sphēkismoîn	τῶν σφηκισμῶν tôn sphēkismôn
Dative	τῷ σφηκισμῷ tôi sphēkismôi	τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν toîn sphēkismoîn	τοῖς σφηκισμοῖς toîs sphēkismoîs
Accusative	τὸν σφηκισμόν tòn sphēkismón	τὼ σφηκισμώ tṑ sphēkismṓ	τοὺς σφηκισμούς toùs sphēkismoús
Vocative	σφηκισμέ sphēkismé	σφηκισμώ sphēkismṓ	σφηκισμοί sphēkismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.