σπίνδαλος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πῐ́νδᾰλος (pĭ́ndălos)
Etymology
Perhaps compare σπίνος (spínos, “chaffinch”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spín.da.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
Noun
σπῐ́νδᾰλος • (spĭ́ndălos) m (genitive σπῐνδᾰ́λου); second declension
- An Indian bird resembling the francolin, perhaps Ortygornis pondicerianus (syn. Francolinus pondicerianus, grey francolin)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σπῐ́νδᾰλος ho spĭ́ndălos |
τὼ σπῐνδᾰ́λω tṑ spĭndắlō |
οἱ σπῐ́νδᾰλοι hoi spĭ́ndăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σπῐνδᾰ́λου toû spĭndắlou |
τοῖν σπῐνδᾰ́λοιν toîn spĭndắloin |
τῶν σπῐνδᾰ́λων tôn spĭndắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σπῐνδᾰ́λῳ tōî spĭndắlōi |
τοῖν σπῐνδᾰ́λοιν toîn spĭndắloin |
τοῖς σπῐνδᾰ́λοις toîs spĭndắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σπῐ́νδᾰλον tòn spĭ́ndălon |
τὼ σπῐνδᾰ́λω tṑ spĭndắlō |
τοὺς σπῐνδᾰ́λους toùs spĭndắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπῐ́νδᾰλε spĭ́ndăle |
σπῐνδᾰ́λω spĭndắlō |
σπῐ́νδᾰλοι spĭ́ndăloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Spindalis
Further reading
- “σπίνδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press