σπυρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σφυρίς (sphurís)

Etymology

According to Beekes, it can be hardly related to σπάρτον (spárton, “rope”), as the variation points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spy.rís/ → /spyˈris/ → /spiˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spy.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spyˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spyˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spyˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spiˈris/

Noun

σπῠρίς • (spurís) f (genitive σπῠρίδος); third declension

1. A large basket, a creel used for transport money
2. (then) a basket to expend provisions (after Latin sportula)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπῠρῐ́ς; τῆς σπῠρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῠρῐ́ς hē spurís	τὼ σπῠρῐ́δε tṑ spuríde	αἱ σπῠρῐ́δες hai spurídes
Genitive	τῆς σπῠρῐ́δος tês spurídos	τοῖν σπῠρῐ́δοιν toîn spurídoin	τῶν σπῠρῐ́δων tôn spurídōn
Dative	τῇ σπῠρῐ́δῐ têi spurídi	τοῖν σπῠρῐ́δοιν toîn spurídoin	ταῖς σπῠρῐ́σῐ / σπῠρῐ́σῐν taîs spurísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπῠρῐ́δᾰ tḕn spurída	τὼ σπῠρῐ́δε tṑ spuríde	τᾱ̀ς σπῠρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s spurídas
Vocative	σπῠρῐ́ς spurís	σπῠρῐ́δε spuríde	σπῠρῐ́δες spurídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• σπυρίδιον (spurídion)
• σπυριδώδης (spuridṓdēs)
• σπυριδοφόρος (spuridophóros)

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐍅𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰 (spwreida)
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܦܪܝܕܐ (ʾesprīḏā), ܣܦܪܝܕܐ (seprīḏā)
• → Old Armenian: սփիւրիդ (spʻiwrid), փիւրիդ (pʻiwrid)
• → Old Georgian: სფჳრიდი (spwiridi), სფირიდი (spiridi), ფსჳრიდი (pswiridi), სპირიდი (sṗiridi)

Further reading

• “σπυρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπυρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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