σπονδή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπένδω (spéndō, “to libate”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spon.dɛ̌ː/ → /sponˈdi/ → /sponˈdi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spon.dɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sponˈde̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sponˈdi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sponˈdi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sponˈdi/

Noun

σπονδή • (spondḗ) f (genitive σπονδῆς); first declension

1. libation, drink-offering (to the gods; one offered to the dead or chthonic spirits is χοή (khoḗ))
2. (in the plural) treaty, truce

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σπονδή; τῆς σπονδῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπονδή hē spondḗ	τὼ σπονδᾱ́ tṑ spondā́	αἱ σπονδαί hai spondaí
Genitive	τῆς σπονδῆς tês spondês	τοῖν σπονδαῖν toîn spondaîn	τῶν σπονδῶν tôn spondôn
Dative	τῇ σπονδῇ têi spondêi	τοῖν σπονδαῖν toîn spondaîn	ταῖς σπονδαῖς taîs spondaîs
Accusative	τὴν σπονδήν tḕn spondḗn	τὼ σπονδᾱ́ tṑ spondā́	τᾱ̀ς σπονδᾱ́ς tā̀s spondā́s
Vocative	σπονδή spondḗ	σπονδᾱ́ spondā́	σπονδαί spondaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄσπονδος (áspondos)
• ἔκσπονδος (ékspondos)
• ἔνσπονδος (énspondos)
• σπονδεῖος (spondeîos)

 

Further reading

• “σπονδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπονδή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σπονδή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • drink offering idem, page 252.
  • libation idem, page 487.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπένδω (spéndō).

Noun

σπονδή • (spondí) f (plural σπονδές)

1. libation

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	σπονδή (spondí)	σπονδές (spondés)
genitive	σπονδής (spondís)	σπονδών (spondón)
accusative	σπονδή (spondí)	σπονδές (spondés)
vocative	σπονδή (spondí)	σπονδές (spondés)

See also

• σπονδείος m (spondeíos, “spondee”)
• σπόντα f (spónta, “billiard table cushion”)

Further reading

• σπονδή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el