σπαλίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of origin and related to ψαλίς (psalís), ψαλόν (psalón) and ψέλιον (psélion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.lí.ɔːn/ → /spaˈli.on/ → /spaˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.lí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/

Noun

σπᾰλίων • (spalíōn) m (genitive σπᾰλίωνος); third declension

1. wicker roof used to shelter soldiers

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σπᾰλίων; τοῦ σπᾰλίωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπᾰλίων ho spalíōn	τὼ σπᾰλίωνε tṑ spalíōne	οἱ σπᾰλίωνες hoi spalíōnes
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰλίωνος toû spalíōnos	τοῖν σπᾰλιώνοιν toîn spaliṓnoin	τῶν σπᾰλιώνων tôn spaliṓnōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰλίωνῐ tôi spalíōni	τοῖν σπᾰλιώνοιν toîn spaliṓnoin	τοῖς σπᾰλίωσῐ / σπᾰλίωσῐν toîs spalíōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σπᾰλίωνᾰ tòn spalíōna	τὼ σπᾰλίωνε tṑ spalíōne	τοὺς σπᾰλίωνᾰς toùs spalíōnas
Vocative	σπᾰλίων spalíōn	σπᾰλίωνε spalíōne	σπᾰλίωνες spalíōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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