πάσπαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰσπᾰ́λη (păspắlē, “the finest meal”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pás.pa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpas.pa.los/
Noun
πᾰ́σπᾰλος • (pắspălos) m (genitive πᾰσπᾰ́λου); second declension
- millet (Panicum miliaceum)
- Synonym: κέγχρος (kénkhros)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾰ́σπᾰλος ho pắspălos |
τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λω tṑ păspắlō |
οἱ πᾰ́σπᾰλοι hoi pắspăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰσπᾰ́λου toû păspắlou |
τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λοιν toîn păspắloin |
τῶν πᾰσπᾰ́λων tôn păspắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰσπᾰ́λῳ tōî păspắlōi |
τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λοιν toîn păspắloin |
τοῖς πᾰσπᾰ́λοις toîs păspắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾰ́σπᾰλον tòn pắspălon |
τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λω tṑ păspắlō |
τοὺς πᾰσπᾰ́λους toùs păspắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰ́σπᾰλε pắspăle |
πᾰσπᾰ́λω păspắlō |
πᾰ́σπᾰλοι pắspăloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Paspalum
Further reading
- “πάσπαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πάσπαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette