σποδιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σποδιή (spodiḗ) — Homeric, Ionic

Etymology

From σποδός (spodós, “ash”) +‎ -ιᾱ́ (-iā́).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spo.di.ǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spo.diˈa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spo.ðiˈa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spo.ðiˈa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spo.ðiˈa/

Noun

σποδῐᾱ́ • (spodĭā́) f (genitive σποδῐᾶς); first declension

heap of ashes
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.488:
  ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις δαλὸν σποδιῇ ἐνέκρυψε μελαίνῃ
  hōs d’ hóte tis dalòn spodiēî enékrupse melaínēi
  And as a man hides a brand beneath the dark embers
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Leviticus 4.12:
  Καὶ ἐξοίσουσιν ὅλον τὸν μόσχον ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς εἰς τόπον καθαρόν, οὗ ἐκχεοῦσι τὴν σποδιάν, καὶ κατακαύσουσιν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ξύλων ἐν πυρί· ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκχύσεως τῆς σποδιᾶς καυθήσεται.
  Kaì exoísousin hólon tòn móskhon éxō tês parembolês eis tópon katharón, hoû ekkheoûsi tḕn spodián, kaì katakaúsousin autòn epì xúlōn en purí; epì tês ekkhúseōs tês spodiâs kauthḗsetai.
  And they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burnt on the ashes poured out [the outpouring of the ashes].

Declension

First declension of ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́; τῆς σκοπῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́ hē skopĭā́	τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́ tṑ skopĭā́	αἱ σκοπῐαί hai skopĭaí
Genitive	τῆς σκοπῐᾶς tês skopĭâs	τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν toîn skopĭaîn	τῶν σκοπῐῶν tôn skopĭôn
Dative	τῇ σκοπῐᾷ tēî skopĭāî	τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν toîn skopĭaîn	ταῖς σκοπῐαῖς taîs skopĭaîs
Accusative	τὴν σκοπῐᾱ́ν tḕn skopĭā́n	τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́ tṑ skopĭā́	τᾱ̀ς σκοπῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skopĭā́s
Vocative	σκοπῐᾱ́ skopĭā́	σκοπῐᾱ́ skopĭā́	σκοπῐαί skopĭaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

“σποδιά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
σποδιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“σποδιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“σποδιά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.