σπινός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe word shares the formation with ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “lean, thin”). According to Beekes, the word is probably connected with σπίδιος (spídios). Hardly related to Old Irish séim (“slender, lean”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spi.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spiˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spiˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spiˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spiˈnos/
Adjective
editσπῐνός • (spinós) m (feminine σπῐνή, neuter σπῐνόν); first/second declension
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σπῐνός spinós |
σπῐνή spinḗ |
σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́ |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνοί spinoí |
σπῐναί spinaí |
σπῐνᾰ́ spiná | |||||
Genitive | σπῐνοῦ spinoû |
σπῐνῆς spinês |
σπῐνοῦ spinoû |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐναῖν spinaîn |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐνῶν spinôn |
σπῐνῶν spinôn |
σπῐνῶν spinôn | |||||
Dative | σπῐνῷ spinôi |
σπῐνῇ spinêi |
σπῐνῷ spinôi |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐναῖν spinaîn |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐνοῖς spinoîs |
σπῐναῖς spinaîs |
σπῐνοῖς spinoîs | |||||
Accusative | σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνήν spinḗn |
σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́ |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνούς spinoús |
σπῐνᾱ́ς spinā́s |
σπῐνᾰ́ spiná | |||||
Vocative | σπῐνέ spiné |
σπῐνή spinḗ |
σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́ |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνοί spinoí |
σπῐναί spinaí |
σπῐνᾰ́ spiná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σπῐνῶς spinôs |
σπῐνώτερος spinṓteros |
σπῐνώτᾰτος spinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
edit- ἰσχνός (iskhnós)
Derived terms
edit- σπινώδης (spinṓdēs)
References
edit- “σπινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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