σπαραβάραι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Median *sparabara- (“shield-bearer”)[1], from Old Iranian *spara- (“shield”) + *bara- (“bearing, carrying, esteeming”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spa.ra.bá.rai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spa.raˈba.rɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spa.raˈβa.rɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spa.raˈva.re/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spa.raˈva.re/
Noun
σπαραβάραι • (sparabárai)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: γερροφόροι (gerrhophóroi, “troops that used wicker shields”).
Further reading
- σπαραβάραι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: σ
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 226