σπινθαρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σπῐνθᾰ́ρῠξ (spinthárux)

Etymology

From σπῐνθήρ (spinthḗr, “spark”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís), with a change of vocalism.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spin.tʰa.rís/ → /spin.θaˈris/ → /spin.θaˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spin.tʰa.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spin.tʰaˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spin.θaˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spin.θaˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spin.θaˈris/

Noun

σπῐνθᾰρῐ́ς • (spintharís) f (genitive σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δος); third declension

1. spark

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπῐνθᾰρῐ́ς; τῆς σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῐνθᾰρῐ́ς hē spintharís	τὼ σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δε tṑ spintharíde	αἱ σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δες hai spintharídes
Genitive	τῆς σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δος tês spintharídos	τοῖν σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn spintharídoin	τῶν σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δων tôn spintharídōn
Dative	τῇ σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δῐ têi spintharídi	τοῖν σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn spintharídoin	ταῖς σπῐνθᾰρῐ́σῐ / σπῐνθᾰρῐ́σῐν taîs spintharísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δᾰ tḕn spintharída	τὼ σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δε tṑ spintharíde	τᾱ̀ς σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s spintharídas
Vocative	σπῐνθᾰρῐ́ς spintharís	σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δε spintharíde	σπῐνθᾰρῐ́δες spintharídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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