σποράς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπορᾱ́ (sporā́) + -άς (-ás), from the root of σπείρω (speírō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spo.rás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spoˈras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spoˈras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spoˈras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spoˈras/
Adjective
σπορᾰ́ς • (sporắs) m or f; third
Declension
Found only in the masculine and feminine
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ σπορᾰ́ς ho / hē sporắs |
τὼ σπορᾰ́δε tṑ sporắde |
οἱ / αἱ σπορᾰ́δες hoi / hai sporắdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς σπορᾰ́δος toû / tês sporắdos |
τοῖν σπορᾰ́δοιν toîn sporắdoin |
τῶν σπορᾰ́δων tôn sporắdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ σπορᾰ́δῐ tōî / tēî sporắdĭ |
τοῖν σπορᾰ́δοιν toîn sporắdoin |
τοῖς / ταῖς σπορᾰ́σῐ / σπορᾰ́σῐν toîs / taîs sporắsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν σπορᾰ́δᾰ tòn / tḕn sporắdă |
τὼ σπορᾰ́δε tṑ sporắde |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς σπορᾰ́δᾰς toùs / tā̀s sporắdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπορᾰ́ς sporắs |
σπορᾰ́δε sporắde |
σπορᾰ́δες sporắdes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σποραδικός (sporadikós)
- σποράζω (sporázō)
- Σποράς (Sporás)
Further reading
- σποράς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σποράς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “σποράς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σποράς”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dispersed idem, page 236.
- random idem, page 670.
- scattered idem, page 738.
- sporadic idem, page 804.
- straggling idem, page 822.