σπέος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- σπεῖος (speîos)
Etymology
editAccording to Beekes, the word is undoubtedly from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spé.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspe.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspe.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspe.os/
Noun
editσπέος • (spéos) n (genitive σπείους); third declension
- (Epic) cave, cavern, grotto
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.13–15:
- τὸν δ’ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
νύμφη πότνι’ ἔρῡκε Καλυψώ, δῖα θεᾱ́ων,
ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι.- tòn d’ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
númphē pótni’ érūke Kalupsṓ, dîa theā́ōn,
en spéssi glaphuroîsi, lilaioménē pósin eînai. - [Odysseus] alone, longing for homecoming and his wife,
the revered nymph Calypso, brightest of goddesses, detained
in hollow caves, longing for him to be her husband.
- tòn d’ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
- τὸν δ’ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
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Nominative | σπέος / σπεῖος spéos / speîos |
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Genitive | σπείους speíous |
σπείων speíōn | |||||||||||
Dative | σπῆῐ̈ spêï |
σπέσσῐ / σπήεσσῐ spéssi / spḗessi | |||||||||||
Accusative | σπέος / σπεῖος spéos / speîos |
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Vocative | σπέος / σπεῖος spéos / speîos |
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Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “σπέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπέος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1381
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