σπαραβάραι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Median *sparabara- (“shield-bearer”), from *spara- (“shield”) + *bara- (“bearing, carrying, esteeming”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.ra.bá.rai̯/ → /spa.raˈβa.rɛ/ → /spa.raˈva.re/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.ra.bá.rai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spa.raˈba.rɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spa.raˈβa.rɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spa.raˈva.re/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spa.raˈva.re/

Noun

σπαραβάραι • (sparabárai)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: γερροφόροι (gerrhophóroi, “troops that used wicker shields”).

Further reading

• “σπαραβάραι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: σ