σπολεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from the same Pre-Greek root of ἄσβολος (ásbolos, “soot”), σποδός (spodós, “ash, ember”) and ψόλος (psólos, “soot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spo.lěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spoˈleʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spoˈleɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spoˈlefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spoˈlefs/
Noun
σπολεύς • (spoleús) m (genitive σπολέως); third declension
- A kind of loaf
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σπολεύς ho spoleús |
τὼ σπολῆ tṑ spolê |
οἱ σπολῆς / σπολεῖς hoi spolês / spoleîs | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σπολέως toû spoléōs |
τοῖν σπολέοιν toîn spoléoin |
τῶν σπολέων tôn spoléōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σπολεῖ tōî spoleî |
τοῖν σπολέοιν toîn spoléoin |
τοῖς σπολεῦσῐ / σπολεῦσῐν toîs spoleûsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σπολέᾱ tòn spoléā |
τὼ σπολῆ tṑ spolê |
τοὺς σπολέᾱς toùs spoléās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπολεῦ spoleû |
σπολῆ spolê |
σπολῆς / σπολεῖς spolês / spoleîs | ||||||||||
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References
- “σπολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπολεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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