σπινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the formation with ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “lean, thin”). According to Beekes, the word is probably connected with σπίδιος (spídios). Hardly related to Old Irish séim (“slender, lean”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spi.nós/ → /spiˈnos/ → /spiˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/

Adjective

σπῐνός • (spinós) m (feminine σπῐνή, neuter σπῐνόν); first/second declension

1. meager, lean

Inflection

First and second declension of σπῐνός; σπῐνή; σπῐνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σπῐνός spinós	σπῐνή spinḗ	σπῐνόν spinón		σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́	σπῐνώ spinṓ		σπῐνοί spinoí	σπῐναί spinaí	σπῐνᾰ́ spiná
Genitive		σπῐνοῦ spinoû	σπῐνῆς spinês	σπῐνοῦ spinoû		σπῐνοῖν spinoîn	σπῐναῖν spinaîn	σπῐνοῖν spinoîn		σπῐνῶν spinôn	σπῐνῶν spinôn	σπῐνῶν spinôn
Dative		σπῐνῷ spinôi	σπῐνῇ spinêi	σπῐνῷ spinôi		σπῐνοῖν spinoîn	σπῐναῖν spinaîn	σπῐνοῖν spinoîn		σπῐνοῖς spinoîs	σπῐναῖς spinaîs	σπῐνοῖς spinoîs
Accusative		σπῐνόν spinón	σπῐνήν spinḗn	σπῐνόν spinón		σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́	σπῐνώ spinṓ		σπῐνούς spinoús	σπῐνᾱ́ς spinā́s	σπῐνᾰ́ spiná
Vocative		σπῐνέ spiné	σπῐνή spinḗ	σπῐνόν spinón		σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́	σπῐνώ spinṓ		σπῐνοί spinoí	σπῐναί spinaí	σπῐνᾰ́ spiná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σπῐνῶς spinôs				σπῐνώτερος spinṓteros				σπῐνώτᾰτος spinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἰσχνός (iskhnós)

Derived terms

• σπινώδης (spinṓdēs)

References

• “σπινός”, 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