σπαρνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Verbal adjective formation from σπείρω (speírō, I sow).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σπαρνός • (sparnósm (feminine σπαρνή, neuter σπαρνόν); first/second declension

  1. (poetic, rare) sparse, rare, scarce

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπαρνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1376

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