σπινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the formation with ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “lean, thin”). According to Beekes, the word is probably connected with σπίδιος (spídios). Hardly related to Old Irish séim (“slender, lean”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spiˈnos/

Adjective

σπῐνός • (spinós) m (feminine σπῐνή, neuter σπῐνόν); first/second declension

meager, lean

Inflection

First and second declension of σπῐνός; σπῐνή; σπῐνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σπῐνός spinós	σπῐνή spinḗ	σπῐνόν spinón	σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́	σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνοί spinoí	σπῐναί spinaí	σπῐνᾰ́ spiná
Genitive	σπῐνοῦ spinoû	σπῐνῆς spinês	σπῐνοῦ spinoû	σπῐνοῖν spinoîn	σπῐναῖν spinaîn	σπῐνοῖν spinoîn	σπῐνῶν spinôn	σπῐνῶν spinôn	σπῐνῶν spinôn
Dative	σπῐνῷ spinôi	σπῐνῇ spinêi	σπῐνῷ spinôi	σπῐνοῖν spinoîn	σπῐναῖν spinaîn	σπῐνοῖν spinoîn	σπῐνοῖς spinoîs	σπῐναῖς spinaîs	σπῐνοῖς spinoîs
Accusative	σπῐνόν spinón	σπῐνήν spinḗn	σπῐνόν spinón	σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́	σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνούς spinoús	σπῐνᾱ́ς spinā́s	σπῐνᾰ́ spiná
Vocative	σπῐνέ spiné	σπῐνή spinḗ	σπῐνόν spinón	σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́	σπῐνώ spinṓ	σπῐνοί spinoí	σπῐναί spinaí	σπῐνᾰ́ spiná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σπῐνῶς spinôs			σπῐνώτερος spinṓteros			σπῐνώτᾰτος spinṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

ἰσχνός (iskhnós)

Derived terms

σπινώδης (spinṓdēs)

References

“σπινός”, 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