σπίλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek, as there are no cognates outside Greek. According to Pokorny, cognate with Latin spina, German Speil, English spile.

Alternative forms

• σπιλάς (spilás)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spí.los/ → /ˈspi.los/ → /ˈspi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spí.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/

Noun

σπίλος • (spílos) f (genitive σπίλου); second declension

1. rock, reef, cliff

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ σπῐ́λος; τῆς σπῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῐ́λος hē spílos	τὼ σπῐ́λω tṑ spílō	αἱ σπῐ́λοι hai spíloi
Genitive	τῆς σπῐ́λου tês spílou	τοῖν σπῐ́λοιν toîn spíloin	τῶν σπῐ́λων tôn spílōn
Dative	τῇ σπῐ́λῳ têi spílōi	τοῖν σπῐ́λοιν toîn spíloin	ταῖς σπῐ́λοις taîs spílois
Accusative	τὴν σπῐ́λον tḕn spílon	τὼ σπῐ́λω tṑ spílō	τᾱ̀ς σπῐ́λους tā̀s spílous
Vocative	σπῐ́λε spíle	σπῐ́λω spílō	σπῐ́λοι spíloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διάσπιλος (diáspilos)
• σπιλώδης (spilṓdēs)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spí.los/ → /ˈspi.los/ → /ˈspi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spí.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.los/

Noun

σπίλος • (spílos) m (genitive σπίλου); second declension

1. spot, fleck, blemish, stain

   Synonym: κηλίς (kēlís)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σπῐ́λος; τοῦ σπῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπῐ́λος ho spílos	τὼ σπῐ́λω tṑ spílō	οἱ σπῐ́λοι hoi spíloi
Genitive	τοῦ σπῐ́λου toû spílou	τοῖν σπῐ́λοιν toîn spíloin	τῶν σπῐ́λων tôn spílōn
Dative	τῷ σπῐ́λῳ tôi spílōi	τοῖν σπῐ́λοιν toîn spíloin	τοῖς σπῐ́λοις toîs spílois
Accusative	τὸν σπῐ́λον tòn spílon	τὼ σπῐ́λω tṑ spílō	τοὺς σπῐ́λους toùs spílous
Vocative	σπῐ́λε spíle	σπῐ́λω spílō	σπῐ́λοι spíloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄσπιλος (áspilos)
• σπιλόω (spilóō)
• σπίλωμα (spílōma)
• σπιλωτός (spilōtós)

Further reading

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