σπάνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of disputed origin:[1]

  • Frisk takes the word as a derivative in -νι- of σπάω (spáō, “to draw, pluck”).
  • Furnee connects Homeric terms such as ἠπανᾷ (ēpanāî), -νεῖ (-neî)· ἀπορεῖ (aporeî), σπανίζει (spanízei), ἀμηχανεῖ (amēkhaneî, “is without resource”), assuming that the initial σ- and α- in the terms are prothetic. This suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπάνῐς • (spánĭs) f (genitive σπάνεως); third declension

  1. rarity, scarcity

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾰ́νῐς; τῆς σπᾰ́νεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ σπᾰ́νῐς
hē spắnĭs
Genitive τῆς σπᾰ́νεως
tês spắneōs
Dative τῇ σπᾰ́νει
tēî spắnei
Accusative τὴν σπᾰ́νῐν
tḕn spắnĭn
Vocative σπᾰ́νῐ
spắnĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ἡ σπᾰ́νῐς; τῆς σπᾰ́νῐος (Ionic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ σπᾰ́νῐς
hē spắnĭs
Genitive τῆς σπᾰ́νῐος
tês spắnĭos
Dative τῇ σπᾰ́νῑ
tēî spắnī
Accusative τὴν σπᾰ́νῐν
tḕn spắnĭn
Vocative σπᾰ́νῐ
spắnĭ
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπάνις, -εως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1375

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