σπιδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”). Cognate with Latin spissus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spi.dnós/ → /spiˈðnos/ → /spiˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spiˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/

Adjective

σπῐδνός • (spidnós) m (feminine σπῐδνή, neuter σπῐδνόν); first/second declension

1. dense, solid, holding together, fastened

Inflection

First and second declension of σπῐδνός; σπῐδνή; σπῐδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σπῐδνός spidnós	σπῐδνή spidnḗ	σπῐδνόν spidnón		σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spidnā́	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ		σπῐδνοί spidnoí	σπῐδναί spidnaí	σπῐδνᾰ́ spidná
Genitive		σπῐδνοῦ spidnoû	σπῐδνῆς spidnês	σπῐδνοῦ spidnoû		σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn	σπῐδναῖν spidnaîn	σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn		σπῐδνῶν spidnôn	σπῐδνῶν spidnôn	σπῐδνῶν spidnôn
Dative		σπῐδνῷ spidnôi	σπῐδνῇ spidnêi	σπῐδνῷ spidnôi		σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn	σπῐδναῖν spidnaîn	σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn		σπῐδνοῖς spidnoîs	σπῐδναῖς spidnaîs	σπῐδνοῖς spidnoîs
Accusative		σπῐδνόν spidnón	σπῐδνήν spidnḗn	σπῐδνόν spidnón		σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spidnā́	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ		σπῐδνούς spidnoús	σπῐδνᾱ́ς spidnā́s	σπῐδνᾰ́ spidná
Vocative		σπῐδνέ spidné	σπῐδνή spidnḗ	σπῐδνόν spidnón		σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spidnā́	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ		σπῐδνοί spidnoí	σπῐδναί spidnaí	σπῐδνᾰ́ spidná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σπῐδνῶς spidnôs				σπῐδνότερος spidnóteros				σπῐδνότᾰτος spidnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• σπῐδής (spidḗs)
• σπῐδόεις (spidóeis)

Related terms

• σπίζω (spízō, “to extend”)
• ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”)

References

• “σπιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press