σπιδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be connected with σπίδιος (spídios, “extensive, wide”) and/or (the semantically closer) Latin spissus (“dense; slow, laborious”).^[1] Both are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *speyd-, a d-extension of the root *spey- (“to expand, extend, stretch”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.dnós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spiˈdnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/

Adjective

σπῐδνός • (spĭdnós) m (feminine σπῐδνή, neuter σπῐδνόν); first/second declension

dense, solid, holding together, fastened

Inflection

First and second declension of σπῐδνός; σπῐδνή; σπῐδνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σπῐδνός spĭdnós	σπῐδνή spĭdnḗ	σπῐδνόν spĭdnón	σπῐδνώ spĭdnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spĭdnā́	σπῐδνώ spĭdnṓ	σπῐδνοί spĭdnoí	σπῐδναί spĭdnaí	σπῐδνᾰ́ spĭdnắ
Genitive	σπῐδνοῦ spĭdnoû	σπῐδνῆς spĭdnês	σπῐδνοῦ spĭdnoû	σπῐδνοῖν spĭdnoîn	σπῐδναῖν spĭdnaîn	σπῐδνοῖν spĭdnoîn	σπῐδνῶν spĭdnôn	σπῐδνῶν spĭdnôn	σπῐδνῶν spĭdnôn
Dative	σπῐδνῷ spĭdnōî	σπῐδνῇ spĭdnēî	σπῐδνῷ spĭdnōî	σπῐδνοῖν spĭdnoîn	σπῐδναῖν spĭdnaîn	σπῐδνοῖν spĭdnoîn	σπῐδνοῖς spĭdnoîs	σπῐδναῖς spĭdnaîs	σπῐδνοῖς spĭdnoîs
Accusative	σπῐδνόν spĭdnón	σπῐδνήν spĭdnḗn	σπῐδνόν spĭdnón	σπῐδνώ spĭdnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spĭdnā́	σπῐδνώ spĭdnṓ	σπῐδνούς spĭdnoús	σπῐδνᾱ́ς spĭdnā́s	σπῐδνᾰ́ spĭdnắ
Vocative	σπῐδνέ spĭdné	σπῐδνή spĭdnḗ	σπῐδνόν spĭdnón	σπῐδνώ spĭdnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spĭdnā́	σπῐδνώ spĭdnṓ	σπῐδνοί spĭdnoí	σπῐδναί spĭdnaí	σπῐδνᾰ́ spĭdnắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σπῐδνῶς spĭdnôs			σπῐδνότερος spĭdnóteros			σπῐδνότᾰτος spĭdnótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

σπῐδής (spĭdḗs)
σπῐδόεις (spĭdóeis)

Related terms

σπίζω (spízō, “to extend”)
ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπίδιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1382