σπάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Pre-Greek and related to σμαρίς (smarís).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπάρος • (spáros) m (genitive σπάρου); second declension

  1. annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: sparus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) “σπάρος”, in Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1376–1377
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) “σπάρος”, in Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 83

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