σπίνος

See also: σπινός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σπῐ́γγος (spĭ́ngos), σπῐ́να (spĭ́na), σπῐνῐ́ον (spĭnĭ́on), σπῐ́ννος (spĭ́nnos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- (“small bird, sparrow”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finkiz (“finch”), Welsh pinc (“finch”) and Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “shrike”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπῐ́νος • (spĭ́nos) m (genitive σπῐ́νου); second declension

  1. chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    Synonym: σπῐ́ζᾰ (spĭ́ză)
  2. kind of stone, which blazes when water touches it

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σπῐ́νος; τοῦ σπῐ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σπῐ́νος
ho spĭ́nos 		τὼ σπῐ́νω
tṑ spĭ́nō 		οἱ σπῐ́νοι
hoi spĭ́noi
Genitive τοῦ σπῐ́νου
toû spĭ́nou 		τοῖν σπῐ́νοιν
toîn spĭ́noin 		τῶν σπῐ́νων
tôn spĭ́nōn
Dative τῷ σπῐ́νῳ
tōî spĭ́nōi 		τοῖν σπῐ́νοιν
toîn spĭ́noin 		τοῖς σπῐ́νοις
toîs spĭ́nois
Accusative τὸν σπῐ́νον
tòn spĭ́non 		τὼ σπῐ́νω
tṑ spĭ́nō 		τοὺς σπῐ́νους
toùs spĭ́nous
Vocative σπῐ́νε
spĭ́ne 		σπῐ́νω
spĭ́nō 		σπῐ́νοι
spĭ́noi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: σπίνος (spínos)

Further reading

Greek

σπίνος
(Fringilla coelebs subsp. coelebs)
σπίνος
(Fringilla coelebs subsp. coelebs)
σπίνος
(Fringilla coelebs subsp. coelebs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπίνος, σπίγγος (spínos, spíngos).

Noun

σπίνος • (spínos) m (plural σπίνοι)

  1. finch

Declension

Declension of σπίνος
singular plural
nominative σπίνος (spínos) σπίνοι (spínoi)
genitive σπίνου (spínou) σπίνων (spínon)
accusative σπίνο (spíno) σπίνους (spínous)
vocative σπίνε (spíne) σπίνοι (spínoi)

Descendants

Further reading

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