σπολεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from the same Pre-Greek root of ἄσβολος (ásbolos, “soot”), σποδός (spodós, “ash, ember”) and ψόλος (psólos, “soot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spo.lěu̯s/ → /spoˈleɸs/ → /spoˈlefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spo.lěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spoˈlews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spoˈleɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spoˈlefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spoˈlefs/

Noun

σπολεύς • (spoleús) m (genitive σπολέως); third declension

1. A kind of loaf

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σπολεύς; τοῦ σπολέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπολεύς ho spoleús	τὼ σπολῆ tṑ spolê	οἱ σπολῆς / σπολεῖς hoi spolês / spoleîs
Genitive	τοῦ σπολέως toû spoléōs	τοῖν σπολέοιν toîn spoléoin	τῶν σπολέων tôn spoléōn
Dative	τῷ σπολεῖ tôi spoleî	τοῖν σπολέοιν toîn spoléoin	τοῖς σπολεῦσῐ / σπολεῦσῐν toîs spoleûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σπολέᾱ tòn spoléā	τὼ σπολῆ tṑ spolê	τοὺς σπολέᾱς toùs spoléās
Vocative	σπολεῦ spoleû	σπολῆ spolê	σπολῆς / σπολεῖς spolês / spoleîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σπολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπολεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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