πάσπαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰσπᾰ́λη (paspálē, “the finest meal”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pás.pa.los/ → /ˈpas.pa.los/ → /ˈpas.pa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pás.pa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/

Noun

πᾰ́σπᾰλος • (páspalos) m (genitive πᾰσπᾰ́λου); second declension

1. millet (Panicum miliaceum)

   Synonym: κέγχρος (kénkhros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πᾰ́σπᾰλος; τοῦ πᾰσπᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰ́σπᾰλος ho páspalos	τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λω tṑ paspálō	οἱ πᾰ́σπᾰλοι hoi páspaloi
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰσπᾰ́λου toû paspálou	τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λοιν toîn paspáloin	τῶν πᾰσπᾰ́λων tôn paspálōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰσπᾰ́λῳ tôi paspálōi	τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λοιν toîn paspáloin	τοῖς πᾰσπᾰ́λοις toîs paspálois
Accusative	τὸν πᾰ́σπᾰλον tòn páspalon	τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λω tṑ paspálō	τοὺς πᾰσπᾰ́λους toùs paspálous
Vocative	πᾰ́σπᾰλε páspale	πᾰσπᾰ́λω paspálō	πᾰ́σπᾰλοι páspaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Paspalum

Further reading

• “πάσπαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πάσπαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette