Sparta

See also: sparta, spartą, Spartą, and šparta

English

Etymology

From Latin Sparta, from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑː(ɹ)tə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Sparta

1. An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

   Synonym: Lacedaemon

2. A municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese region, modern Greece.
3. A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town, the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia.
   2. A city in Randolph County, Illinois.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Dearborn County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Gallatin County and Owen County, Kentucky.
   5. An unincorporated community in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
   6. A township and village therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
   7. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
   8. A city in Christian County, Missouri.
   9. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Missouri.
   10. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska.
   11. A township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
   12. A town in Livingston County, New York.
   13. A town, the county seat of Alleghany County, North Carolina.
   14. A village in South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio.
   15. A city, the county seat of White County, Tennessee.
   16. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   17. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

Related terms

• Spartan
• spartan

Translations

ancient city-state in southern Greece

• Afrikaans: Sparta
• Alemannic German: Sparta
• Arabic: إِسْبَرْطَة f (ʔisbarṭa)
• Armenian: Սպարտա (Sparta)
• Asturian: Esparta
• Basque: Esparta
• Belarusian: Спа́рта f (Spárta)
• Bengali: স্পার্টা (bn) (sparṭa)
• Breton: Sparta
• Bulgarian: Спа́рта f (Spárta)
• Catalan: Esparta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯巴達／斯巴达 (zh) (Sībādá)

• Czech: Sparta (cs)
• Danish: Sparta
• Dhivehi: Sparta
• Dutch: Sparta
• Esperanto: Sparto
• Estonian: Sparta
• Finnish: Sparta (fi)
• French: Sparte (fr) f

  Middle French: Sparte f

• Galician: Esparta
• Georgian: სპარტა (sṗarṭa)
• German: Sparta (de) n
• Greek: Σπάρτη (el) f (Spárti)

  Ancient: Σπάρτη f (Spártē)

• Hebrew: ספרטה
• Hindi: स्पार्टा (spārṭā)
• Hungarian: Spárta (hu)
• Icelandic: Sparta f
• Indonesian: Sparta
• Irish: Sparta
• Italian: Sparta (it)
• Japanese: スパルタ (ja) (Suparuta)
• Korean: 스파르타 (Seupareuta)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Sparta

• Latin: Sparta
• Latvian: Sparta
• Lithuanian: Sparta (lt)
• Low German: Sparta
• Luxembourgish: Sparta
• Macedonian: Спарта f (Sparta)
• Manx: Yn Sparta
• Marathi: स्पार्टा n (spārṭā)
• Norwegian: Sparta
• Persian: اسپارت (fa) (espârt)
• Polish: Sparta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Esparta (pt) f
• Romanian: Sparta
• Russian: Спа́рта (ru) f (Spárta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Спарта f

  Roman: Sparta (sh) f

• Sicilian: Sparta
• Slovak: Sparta (sk) f
• Slovene: Sparta f
• Spanish: Esparta (es) f
• Swedish: Sparta (sv)
• Thai: สปาร์ตา (sàbpaadtaa)
• Turkish: Sparta (tr)
• Ukrainian: Спа́рта f (Spárta)
• Urdu: سپارٹا (spārṭā)
• Welsh: Sparta

See also

• Laconia
• Trojan War
• Spartathlon

Further reading

• Category:Sparta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Sparta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Sparta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Sparta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Anagrams

• sarpat, aspart, satrap, raps at, Pratas, Patras

Czech

Proper noun

Sparta f (related adjective spartský, demonym Sparťan)

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training)

Declension

Declension of Sparta (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparty
dative	Spartě
accusative	Spartu
vocative	Sparto
locative	Spartě
instrumental	Spartou

Further reading

• “Sparta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Sparta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Via German and Latin Sparta from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ɑːtˢa]

Proper noun

Sparta

1. Sparta (a city in Southern Greece, a leading city state in Classical Greece)

Derived terms

• spartaner
• spartansk

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑrtɑ/, [ˈs̠pɑ̝rt̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Spar‧ta

Proper noun

Sparta

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece)

Declension

Inflection of Sparta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Sparta	—
genitive		Spartan	—
partitive		Spartaa	—
illative		Spartaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sparta	—
accusative	nom.	Sparta	—
	gen.	Spartan
genitive		Spartan	—
partitive		Spartaa	—
inessive		Spartassa	—
elative		Spartasta	—
illative		Spartaan	—
adessive		Spartalla	—
ablative		Spartalta	—
allative		Spartalle	—
essive		Spartana	—
translative		Spartaksi	—
abessive		Spartatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sparta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Spartani — accusative nom. Spartani — gen. Spartani genitive Spartani — partitive Spartaani — inessive Spartassani — elative Spartastani — illative Spartaani — adessive Spartallani — ablative Spartaltani — allative Spartalleni — essive Spartanani — translative Spartakseni — abessive Spartattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Spartasi — accusative nom. Spartasi — gen. Spartasi genitive Spartasi — partitive Spartaasi — inessive Spartassasi — elative Spartastasi — illative Spartaasi — adessive Spartallasi — ablative Spartaltasi — allative Spartallesi — essive Spartanasi — translative Spartaksesi — abessive Spartattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Spartamme — accusative nom. Spartamme — gen. Spartamme genitive Spartamme — partitive Spartaamme — inessive Spartassamme — elative Spartastamme — illative Spartaamme — adessive Spartallamme — ablative Spartaltamme — allative Spartallemme — essive Spartanamme — translative Spartaksemme — abessive Spartattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Spartanne — accusative nom. Spartanne — gen. Spartanne genitive Spartanne — partitive Spartaanne — inessive Spartassanne — elative Spartastanne — illative Spartaanne — adessive Spartallanne — ablative Spartaltanne — allative Spartallenne — essive Spartananne — translative Spartaksenne — abessive Spartattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Spartansa — accusative nom. Spartansa — gen. Spartansa genitive Spartansa — partitive Spartaansa — inessive Spartassaan Spartassansa — elative Spartastaan Spartastansa — illative Spartaansa — adessive Spartallaan Spartallansa — ablative Spartaltaan Spartaltansa — allative Spartalleen Spartallensa — essive Spartanaan Spartanansa — translative Spartakseen Spartaksensa — abessive Spartattaan Spartattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• spartalainen
• spartalaisuus

German

Etymology

From Latin Sparta (Sparte), or Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta) (Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpaʁta], [ˈʃpaɐ̯ta]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sparta n (proper noun, strong, genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

Derived terms

• Spartaner
• spartanisch

See also

• Lakedämon
• Lakonien

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Proper noun

Sparta f (proper noun, genitive singular Spörtu)

1. Sparta

Declension

Declension of Sparta (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Sparta
accusative	Spörtu
dative	Spörtu
genitive	Spörtu

Derived terms

• Spartverji

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/, [ˈs̠pärt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/, [ˈspärt̪ä]

Proper noun

Sparta f sg (genitive Spartae); first declension

1. Sparta

   Synonym: Lacedaemōn

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Spartae
dative	Spartae
accusative	Spartam
ablative	Spartā
vocative	Sparta
locative	Spartae

Derived terms

• Spartānus

Related terms

• Spartiāticus
• Spartiacus
• Sparticus
• Spartiātēs

Further reading

• “Sparta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sparta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sparta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Sparta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Sparta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Manx

Proper noun

Yn Sparta f

1. Sparta

Polish

Sparta sense 1

Sparta sense 2

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Sparta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: Spar‧ta
• Homophone: sparta

Proper noun

Sparta f (related adjective spartański)

2. Sparta (an ancient city-state and archaeological site in modern Greece)

   Synonym: Lacedemon

4. Sparta (a city in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece)

Declension

Declension of Sparta

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparty
dative	Sparcie
accusative	Spartę
instrumental	Spartą
locative	Sparcie
vocative	Sparto

Derived terms

nouns

• spartanin
• Spartanin
• spartanka
• Spartanka

 

Related terms

adverbs

• spartańsko

 

nouns

• spartan
• spartiata

 

Further reading

• Sparta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Sparta in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spâːrta/
• Hyphenation: Spar‧ta

Proper noun

Spȃrta f (Cyrillic spelling Спа̑рта)

1. Sparta

Declension

Declension of Sparta

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparte
dative	Sparti
accusative	Spartu
vocative	Sparto
locative	Sparti
instrumental	Spartom

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sparta, from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Proper noun

Sparta n (genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

Related terms

• spartan
• spartansk
• spartiat

References

• Sparta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)