σπυρίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σφυρίς (sphurís)
Etymology
According to Beekes, it can be hardly related to σπάρτον (spárton, “rope”), as the variation points to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spy.rís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spyˈris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spyˈris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spyˈris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spiˈris/
Noun
σπῠρίς • (spŭrís) f (genitive σπῠρίδος); third declension
- A large basket, a creel used for transport money
- (then) a basket to expend provisions (after Latin sportula)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σπῠρῐ́ς hē spŭrĭ́s |
τὼ σπῠρῐ́δε tṑ spŭrĭ́de |
αἱ σπῠρῐ́δες hai spŭrĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σπῠρῐ́δος tês spŭrĭ́dos |
τοῖν σπῠρῐ́δοιν toîn spŭrĭ́doin |
τῶν σπῠρῐ́δων tôn spŭrĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σπῠρῐ́δῐ tēî spŭrĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν σπῠρῐ́δοιν toîn spŭrĭ́doin |
ταῖς σπῠρῐ́σῐ / σπῠρῐ́σῐν taîs spŭrĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σπῠρῐ́δᾰ tḕn spŭrĭ́dă |
τὼ σπῠρῐ́δε tṑ spŭrĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς σπῠρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s spŭrĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπῠρῐ́ς spŭrĭ́s |
σπῠρῐ́δε spŭrĭ́de |
σπῠρῐ́δες spŭrĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σπυρίδιον (spurídion)
- σπυριδώδης (spuridṓdēs)
- σπυριδοφόρος (spuridophóros)
Descendants
- → Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐍅𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰 (spwreida)
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܦܪܝܕܐ (ʾesprīḏā), ܣܦܪܝܕܐ (seprīḏā)
- → Old Armenian: սփիւրիդ (spʻiwrid), փիւրիդ (pʻiwrid)
- → Old Georgian: სფჳრიდი (spwiridi), სფირიდი (spiridi), ფსჳრიდი (pswiridi), სპირიდი (sṗiridi)
Further reading
- “σπυρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπυρίς 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