σπινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the formation with ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “lean, thin”). According to Beekes, the word is probably connected with σπίδιος (spídios). Hardly related to Old Irish séim (“slender, lean”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

σπῐνός • (spĭnós) m (feminine σπῐνή, neuter σπῐνόν); first/second declension

meager, lean

Inflection

First and second declension of σπῐνός; σπῐνή; σπῐνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σπῐνός spĭnós	σπῐνή spĭnḗ	σπῐνόν spĭnón	σπῐνώ spĭnṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spĭnā́	σπῐνώ spĭnṓ	σπῐνοί spĭnoí	σπῐναί spĭnaí	σπῐνᾰ́ spĭnắ
Genitive	σπῐνοῦ spĭnoû	σπῐνῆς spĭnês	σπῐνοῦ spĭnoû	σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn	σπῐναῖν spĭnaîn	σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn	σπῐνῶν spĭnôn	σπῐνῶν spĭnôn	σπῐνῶν spĭnôn
Dative	σπῐνῷ spĭnōî	σπῐνῇ spĭnēî	σπῐνῷ spĭnōî	σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn	σπῐναῖν spĭnaîn	σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn	σπῐνοῖς spĭnoîs	σπῐναῖς spĭnaîs	σπῐνοῖς spĭnoîs
Accusative	σπῐνόν spĭnón	σπῐνήν spĭnḗn	σπῐνόν spĭnón	σπῐνώ spĭnṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spĭnā́	σπῐνώ spĭnṓ	σπῐνούς spĭnoús	σπῐνᾱ́ς spĭnā́s	σπῐνᾰ́ spĭnắ
Vocative	σπῐνέ spĭné	σπῐνή spĭnḗ	σπῐνόν spĭnón	σπῐνώ spĭnṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spĭnā́	σπῐνώ spĭnṓ	σπῐνοί spĭnoí	σπῐναί spĭnaí	σπῐνᾰ́ spĭnắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σπῐνῶς spĭnôs			σπῐνώτερος spĭnṓteros			σπῐνώτᾰτος spĭnṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

ἰσχνός (iskhnós)

Derived terms

σπινώδης (spinṓdēs)

References

“σπινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN