σπέλεθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πέλεθος (pélethos)
Etymology
The formation is similar to σπύραθος (spúrathos) and ὄνθος (ónthos). A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”) is semantically possible comparing Proto-Germanic *skītaną (“to defecate”), which derives from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to cut off”). Alternatively, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spé.le.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspe.le.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspe.le.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspe.le.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspe.le.θos/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σπέλεθος ho spélethos |
τὼ σπελέθω tṑ speléthō |
οἱ σπέλεθοι hoi spélethoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σπελέθου toû speléthou |
τοῖν σπελέθοιν toîn speléthoin |
τῶν σπελέθων tôn speléthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σπελέθῳ tôi speléthōi |
τοῖν σπελέθοιν toîn speléthoin |
τοῖς σπελέθοις toîs speléthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σπέλεθον tòn spélethon |
τὼ σπελέθω tṑ speléthō |
τοὺς σπελέθους toùs speléthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπέλεθε spélethe |
σπελέθω speléthō |
σπέλεθοι spélethoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πελεθοβάψ (pelethobáps)
- ὑσπέλεθος (huspélethos)
Further reading
- “σπέλεθος”, 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
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