σπάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Pre-Greek and related to σμαρίς (smarís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.ros/ → /ˈspa.ros/ → /ˈspa.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ros/

Noun

σπάρος • (spáros) m (genitive σπάρου); second declension

1. annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σπᾰ́ρος; τοῦ σπᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπᾰ́ρος ho spáros	τὼ σπᾰ́ρω tṑ spárō	οἱ σπᾰ́ροι hoi spároi
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰ́ρου toû spárou	τοῖν σπᾰ́ροιν toîn spároin	τῶν σπᾰ́ρων tôn spárōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰ́ρῳ tôi spárōi	τοῖν σπᾰ́ροιν toîn spároin	τοῖς σπᾰ́ροις toîs spárois
Accusative	τὸν σπᾰ́ρον tòn spáron	τὼ σπᾰ́ρω tṑ spárō	τοὺς σπᾰ́ρους toùs spárous
Vocative	σπᾰ́ρε spáre	σπᾰ́ρω spárō	σπᾰ́ροι spároi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: sparus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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