σπίζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπίζω (spízō, “to pipe, to chirp”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπίζα • (spíza) f (genitive σπίζης); first declension

  1. chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    Synonym: σπῐ́νος (spĭ́nos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σπῐ́ζᾰ; τῆς σπῐ́ζης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σπῐ́ζᾰ
hē spĭ́ză 		τὼ σπῐ́ζᾱ
tṑ spĭ́zā 		αἱ σπῐ́ζαι
hai spĭ́zai
Genitive τῆς σπῐ́ζης
tês spĭ́zēs 		τοῖν σπῐ́ζαιν
toîn spĭ́zain 		τῶν σπῐζῶν
tôn spĭzôn
Dative τῇ σπῐ́ζῃ
tēî spĭ́zēi 		τοῖν σπῐ́ζαιν
toîn spĭ́zain 		ταῖς σπῐ́ζαις
taîs spĭ́zais
Accusative τὴν σπῐ́ζᾰν
tḕn spĭ́zăn 		τὼ σπῐ́ζᾱ
tṑ spĭ́zā 		τᾱ̀ς σπῐ́ζᾱς
tā̀s spĭ́zās
Vocative σπῐ́ζᾰ
spĭ́ză 		σπῐ́ζᾱ
spĭ́zā 		σπῐ́ζαι
spĭ́zai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὀρόσπιζος (oróspizos)
  • σπιζίας (spizías)
  • σπιζίον (spizíon)
  • σπιζίτης (spizítēs)

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Spiza

References

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