σπίνδαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῐ́νδᾰλος (pĭ́ndălos)

Etymology

Compare σπίνος (spínos), chaffinch

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spín.da.los/ → /ˈspin.da.los/ → /ˈspin.da.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spín.da.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspin.da.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspin.da.los/

Noun

σπῐ́νδᾰλος • (spĭ́ndălos) m (genitive σπῐνδᾰ́λου); second declension

1. An Indian bird resembling the francolin, perhaps Ortygornis pondicerianus (syn. Francolinus pondicerianus, grey francolin)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σπῐ́νδᾰλος; τοῦ σπῐνδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπῐ́νδᾰλος ho spĭ́ndălos	τὼ σπῐνδᾰ́λω tṑ spĭndắlō	οἱ σπῐ́νδᾰλοι hoi spĭ́ndăloi
Genitive	τοῦ σπῐνδᾰ́λου toû spĭndắlou	τοῖν σπῐνδᾰ́λοιν toîn spĭndắloin	τῶν σπῐνδᾰ́λων tôn spĭndắlōn
Dative	τῷ σπῐνδᾰ́λῳ tôi spĭndắlōi	τοῖν σπῐνδᾰ́λοιν toîn spĭndắloin	τοῖς σπῐνδᾰ́λοις toîs spĭndắlois
Accusative	τὸν σπῐ́νδᾰλον tòn spĭ́ndălon	τὼ σπῐνδᾰ́λω tṑ spĭndắlō	τοὺς σπῐνδᾰ́λους toùs spĭndắlous
Vocative	σπῐ́νδᾰλε spĭ́ndăle	σπῐνδᾰ́λω spĭndắlō	σπῐ́νδᾰλοι spĭ́ndăloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Spindalis

Further reading

• “σπίνδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press