σπινθήρ
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- σπῐ́νθρᾰξ (spínthrax)
Etymology
editThe formation is similar to ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”). Reminiscent of Lithuanian spindžiù (“to gleam”), Latvian spīdēt (“to gleam, beam”) and spuôdrs (“white, gleaming”), but formally impossible to connect. Niedermann connected this word to Latin scintilla (“spark”), suggesting a Mediterranean loan, while Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spin.tʰɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spinˈtʰe̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spinˈθir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spinˈθir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spinˈθir/
Noun
editσπῐνθήρ • (spinthḗr) m (genitive σπῐνθῆρος); third declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σπῐνθήρ ho spinthḗr |
τὼ σπῐνθῆρε tṑ spinthêre |
οἱ σπῐνθῆρες hoi spinthêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σπῐνθῆρος toû spinthêros |
τοῖν σπῐνθήροιν toîn spinthḗroin |
τῶν σπῐνθήρων tôn spinthḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σπῐνθῆρῐ tôi spinthêri |
τοῖν σπῐνθήροιν toîn spinthḗroin |
τοῖς σπῐνθῆρσῐ / σπῐνθῆρσῐν toîs spinthêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σπῐνθῆρᾰ tòn spinthêra |
τὼ σπῐνθῆρε tṑ spinthêre |
τοὺς σπῐνθῆρᾰς toùs spinthêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | σπῐνθήρ spinthḗr |
σπῐνθῆρε spinthêre |
σπῐνθῆρες spinthêres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- σπῐνθᾰρῐ́ς (spintharís)
- σπῐνθηρῐ́ζω (spinthērízō)
- σπῐνθηροβολέω (spinthēroboléō)
- σπῐνθηροειδής (spinthēroeidḗs)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “σπινθήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σπινθήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “σπινθήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σπινθήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σπινθήρ 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension