σπαλίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin and related to ψαλίς (psalís), ψαλόν (psalón) and ψέλιον (psélion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spa.lí.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spaˈli.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spaˈli.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spaˈli.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spaˈli.on/
Noun
σπᾰλίων • (spalíōn) m (genitive σπᾰλίωνος); third declension
- wicker roof used to shelter soldiers
Declension
Third declension of ὁ σπᾰλίων; τοῦ σπᾰλίωνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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