σπατίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πατίλη (patílē)

Etymology

In the second meaning, it belongs to σπάτος (spátos, “hide, leather”). The first meaning may also be combined with "leather waste" as a euphemistic metaphor. However, it is more probably a Pre-Greek word. Compare also τῖλος (tîlos, “thin stool, as in diarrhea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.tǐː.lɛː/ → /spaˈti.li/ → /spaˈti.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.tǐː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈti.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈti.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈti.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈti.li/

Noun

σπᾰτῑ́λη • (spatī́lē) f (genitive σπᾰτῑ́λης); first declension

1. thin excrement, as in diarrhea

   Synonym: τῖλος (tîlos)

2. parings of leather

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σπᾰτῑ́λη; τῆς σπᾰτῑ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾰτῑ́λη hē spatī́lē	τὼ σπᾰτῑ́λᾱ tṑ spatī́lā	αἱ σπᾰτῖλαι hai spatîlai
Genitive	τῆς σπᾰτῑ́λης tês spatī́lēs	τοῖν σπᾰτῑ́λαιν toîn spatī́lain	τῶν σπᾰτῑλῶν tôn spatīlôn
Dative	τῇ σπᾰτῑ́λῃ têi spatī́lēi	τοῖν σπᾰτῑ́λαιν toîn spatī́lain	ταῖς σπᾰτῑ́λαις taîs spatī́lais
Accusative	τὴν σπᾰτῑ́λην tḕn spatī́lēn	τὼ σπᾰτῑ́λᾱ tṑ spatī́lā	τᾱ̀ς σπᾰτῑ́λᾱς tā̀s spatī́lās
Vocative	σπᾰτῑ́λη spatī́lē	σπᾰτῑ́λᾱ spatī́lā	σπᾰτῖλαι spatîlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σπατίλουρος (spatílouros)

Further reading

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