σπίνδαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῐ́νδᾰλος (píndalos)

Etymology

Compare σπίνος (spínos), chaffinch

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spín.da.los/ → /ˈspin.da.los/ → /ˈspin.da.los/

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

Noun

σπῐ́νδᾰλος • (spíndalos) m (genitive σπῐνδᾰ́λου); second declension

1. An Indian bird resembling the francolin, perhaps Ortygornis pondicerianus (syn. Francolinus pondicerianus, grey francolin)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σπῐ́νδᾰλος; τοῦ σπῐνδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπῐ́νδᾰλος ho spíndalos	τὼ σπῐνδᾰ́λω tṑ spindálō	οἱ σπῐ́νδᾰλοι hoi spíndaloi
Genitive	τοῦ σπῐνδᾰ́λου toû spindálou	τοῖν σπῐνδᾰ́λοιν toîn spindáloin	τῶν σπῐνδᾰ́λων tôn spindálōn
Dative	τῷ σπῐνδᾰ́λῳ tôi spindálōi	τοῖν σπῐνδᾰ́λοιν toîn spindáloin	τοῖς σπῐνδᾰ́λοις toîs spindálois
Accusative	τὸν σπῐ́νδᾰλον tòn spíndalon	τὼ σπῐνδᾰ́λω tṑ spindálō	τοὺς σπῐνδᾰ́λους toùs spindálous
Vocative	σπῐ́νδᾰλε spíndale	σπῐνδᾰ́λω spindálō	σπῐ́νδᾰλοι spíndaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Spindalis

Further reading

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