σποράς

See also: Σποράς and σπορᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπορᾱ́ (sporā́) +‎ -άς (-ás), from the root of σπείρω (speírō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spo.rás/ → /spoˈras/ → /spoˈras/

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

Adjective

σπορᾰ́ς • (sporás) m or f; third

1. (chiefly in the plural) scattered, dispersed

Declension

Found only in the masculine and feminine

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ σπορᾰ́ς; τοῦ, τῆς σπορᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ σπορᾰ́ς ho, hē sporás	τὼ σπορᾰ́δε tṑ sporáde	οἱ, αἱ σπορᾰ́δες hoi, hai sporádes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς σπορᾰ́δος toû, tês sporádos	τοῖν σπορᾰ́δοιν toîn sporádoin	τῶν σπορᾰ́δων tôn sporádōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ σπορᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi sporádi	τοῖν σπορᾰ́δοιν toîn sporádoin	τοῖς, ταῖς σπορᾰ́σῐ / σπορᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs sporási(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν σπορᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn sporáda	τὼ σπορᾰ́δε tṑ sporáde	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σπορᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s sporádas
Vocative	σπορᾰ́ς sporás	σπορᾰ́δε sporáde	σπορᾰ́δες sporádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• σποραδικός (sporadikós)
• σποράζω (sporázō)
• Σποράς (Sporás)

Further reading

• σποράς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σποράς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “σποράς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σποράς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dispersed idem, page 236.
  • random idem, page 670.
  • scattered idem, page 738.
  • sporadic idem, page 804.
  • straggling idem, page 822.