σποργίλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ὀρχίλος (orkhílos, “wren”) and τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover; wren”). This word has a counterpart in Old Prussian spurglis (“sparrow”), which may point to a European substrate word or a Wanderwort.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spor.ɡí.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sporˈɡi.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sporˈʝi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sporˈʝi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sporˈʝi.los/

Noun

σποργῐ́λος • (sporgĭ́los) m (genitive σποργῐ́λου); second declension

bird mentioned by Aristophanes, probably the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Synonym: στρουθός (strouthós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σποργῐ́λος; τοῦ σποργῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σποργῐ́λος ho sporgĭ́los	τὼ σποργῐ́λω tṑ sporgĭ́lō	οἱ σποργῐ́λοι hoi sporgĭ́loi
Genitive	τοῦ σποργῐ́λου toû sporgĭ́lou	τοῖν σποργῐ́λοιν toîn sporgĭ́loin	τῶν σποργῐ́λων tôn sporgĭ́lōn
Dative	τῷ σποργῐ́λῳ tōî sporgĭ́lōi	τοῖν σποργῐ́λοιν toîn sporgĭ́loin	τοῖς σποργῐ́λοις toîs sporgĭ́lois
Accusative	τὸν σποργῐ́λον tòn sporgĭ́lon	τὼ σποργῐ́λω tṑ sporgĭ́lō	τοὺς σποργῐ́λους toùs sporgĭ́lous
Vocative	σποργῐ́λε sporgĭ́le	σποργῐ́λω sporgĭ́lō	σποργῐ́λοι sporgĭ́loi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

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