σπαλίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.lí.ɔːn/ → /spaˈli.on/ → /spaˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.lí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈli.on/

Noun

σπᾰλίων • (spălíōn) m (genitive σπᾰλίωνος); third declension

1. wicker roof used to shelter soldiers

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σπᾰλίων; τοῦ σπᾰλίωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπᾰλίων ho spălíōn	τὼ σπᾰλίωνε tṑ spălíōne	οἱ σπᾰλίωνες hoi spălíōnes
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰλίωνος toû spălíōnos	τοῖν σπᾰλιώνοιν toîn spăliṓnoin	τῶν σπᾰλιώνων tôn spăliṓnōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰλίωνῐ tôi spălíōnĭ	τοῖν σπᾰλιώνοιν toîn spăliṓnoin	τοῖς σπᾰλίωσῐ / σπᾰλίωσῐν toîs spălíōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν σπᾰλίωνᾰ tòn spălíōnă	τὼ σπᾰλίωνε tṑ spălíōne	τοὺς σπᾰλίωνᾰς toùs spălíōnăs
Vocative	σπᾰλίων spălíōn	σπᾰλίωνε spălíōne	σπᾰλίωνες spălíōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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