σπίζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπίζω (spízō, “to pipe, to chirp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spíz.da/ → /ˈspi.za/ → /ˈspi.za/

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

Noun

σπίζα • (spíza) f (genitive σπίζης); first declension

1. chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

   Synonym: σπῐ́νος (spínos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σπῐ́ζᾰ; τῆς σπῐ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῐ́ζᾰ hē spíza	τὼ σπῐ́ζᾱ tṑ spízā	αἱ σπῐ́ζαι hai spízai
Genitive	τῆς σπῐ́ζης tês spízēs	τοῖν σπῐ́ζαιν toîn spízain	τῶν σπῐζῶν tôn spizôn
Dative	τῇ σπῐ́ζῃ têi spízēi	τοῖν σπῐ́ζαιν toîn spízain	ταῖς σπῐ́ζαις taîs spízais
Accusative	τὴν σπῐ́ζᾰν tḕn spízan	τὼ σπῐ́ζᾱ tṑ spízā	τᾱ̀ς σπῐ́ζᾱς tā̀s spízās
Vocative	σπῐ́ζᾰ spíza	σπῐ́ζᾱ spízā	σπῐ́ζαι spízai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀρόσπιζος (oróspizos)
• σπιζίας (spizías)
• σπιζίον (spizíon)
• σπιζίτης (spizítēs)

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: Spiza

References

• “σπίζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπίζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette