ὄσπριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὄσπρεον (óspreon)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Connections with σπεῖρον (speîron, “wrapping cover”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”) have been suggested, but this is impossible because "ὀ" is not a prothetic vowel. The word is more likely a substrate borrowing,^[1] perhaps from the same source as Old Armenian ոսպն (ospn, “lentil”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ós.pri.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈos.pri.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.pri.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.pri.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈos.pri.on/

Noun

ὄσπρῐον • (ósprĭon) n (genitive ὀσπρίου); second declension

(botany) pulse, legume (of all kinds)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὄσπρῐον; τοῦ ὀσπρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄσπρῐον tò ósprĭon	τὼ ὀσπρῐ́ω tṑ osprĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὄσπρῐᾰ tằ ósprĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀσπρῐ́ου toû osprĭ́ou	τοῖν ὀσπρῐ́οιν toîn osprĭ́oin	τῶν ὀσπρῐ́ων tôn osprĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ὀσπρῐ́ῳ tôi osprĭ́ōi	τοῖν ὀσπρῐ́οιν toîn osprĭ́oin	τοῖς ὀσπρῐ́οις toîs osprĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ὄσπρῐον tò ósprĭon	τὼ ὀσπρῐ́ω tṑ osprĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὄσπρῐᾰ tằ ósprĭă
Vocative	ὄσπρῐον ósprĭon	ὀσπρῐ́ω osprĭ́ō	ὄσπρῐᾰ ósprĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀσπριοδόχος (ospriodókhos)
ὀσπριοθήκη (ospriothḗkē)
ὀσπριοπώλης (ospriopṓlēs)
ὀσπριοφαγέω (ospriophagéō)
ὀσπριώδης (ospriṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: όσπριο (ósprio)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄσπριον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1118