σπείρω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *spéřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéryeti, from *sper- (to sprinkle, scatter, strew).

The only known secure cognate is Hittite [script needed] (išpār-ᶦ, to spread out, strew) (< *spor-ey). Old Armenian սփռեմ (spʻṙem, to spread out) (whence modern Armenian սփռել (spʻṙel)) appears to be unrelated, despite semantic and superficial phonetic similarities.[1]

Note English spray, sprout, spread, whose proto-Germanic forms are possibly connected. Perhaps also related through extensions of this root to Latin spargō, spernō, spurcus and spurius, English spurn.

Alternative forms

  • σπέρρω (spérrhō)Aeolic

Verb

σπείρω • (speírō)

  1. to sow
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ἀποσπείρω (apospeírō)
  • διασπείρω (diaspeírō)
  • ἐνδιασπείρω (endiaspeírō)
  • ἐνισπείρω (enispeírō)
  • ἐνσπείρω (enspeírō)
  • ἐπανασπείρω (epanaspeírō)
  • ἐπισπείρω (epispeírō)
  • κατασπείρω (kataspeírō)
  • παρασπείρω (paraspeírō)
  • περισπείρω (perispeírō)
  • πολυσπερής (polusperḗs)
  • προδιασπείρω (prodiaspeírō)
  • προκατασπείρω (prokataspeírō)
  • προϋποσπείρω (proüpospeírō)
  • σπαρτέον (spartéon)
  • σπαρτός (spartós)
  • σπεῖρον (speîron)
  • σπειρώδης (speirṓdēs)
  • σπείρωσις (speírōsis)
  • σπέρμα (spérma)
  • σπορά (sporá)
  • σπόριμος (spórimos)
  • σπόρος (spóros)
  • συγκατασπείρω (sunkataspeírō)
  • συσπείρω (suspeírō)
  • ὑποσπείρω (hupospeírō)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1379-80

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

σπείρω • (speírō)

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of σπεῖρον (speîron)

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.ro/

Verb

σπείρω • (speíro)

  1. first-person singular dependent of σπέρνω (spérno)