σπινός
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
The 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 edit
σπῐνός • (spinós) m (feminine σπῐνή, neuter σπῐνόν); first/second declension
Inflection edit
Number | 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