Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adjectival formation from σπάνις (spánis, rarity, scarcity). Related to σπᾰνός (spanós, rare, with scant beard growth).[1]

Adjective

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σπᾰ́νῐος (spániosm (feminine σπᾰνῐ́ᾱ, neuter σπᾰ́νῐον); first/second declension

  1. rare, uncommon
  2. scarce, scanty
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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σπάνῐος (spánios)

  1. (Ionic) genitive singular of σπάνις (spánis)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπάνις, -εως (> DER 1. σπάνιος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1375

Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σπάνιος (spánios, rare).

Adjective

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σπάνιος (spániosm (feminine σπάνια, neuter σπάνιο)

  1. rare, exceptional, infrequent

Declension

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