σπίνος

See also: σπινός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σπῐ́γγος (spíngos), σπῐ́να (spína), σπῐνῐ́ον (spiníon), σπῐ́ννος (spínnos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- (“small bird, sparrow”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finkiz (“finch”), Welsh pinc (“finch”) and Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “shrike”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σπῐ́νος • (spínos) m (genitive σπῐ́νου); second declension

  1. chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    Synonym: σπῐ́ζᾰ (spíza)
  2. kind of stone, which blazes when water touches it

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σπῐ́νος; τοῦ σπῐ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σπῐ́νος
ho spínos		 τὼ σπῐ́νω
tṑ spínō		 οἱ σπῐ́νοι
hoi spínoi
Genitive τοῦ σπῐ́νου
toû spínou		 τοῖν σπῐ́νοιν
toîn spínoin		 τῶν σπῐ́νων
tôn spínōn
Dative τῷ σπῐ́νῳ
tôi spínōi		 τοῖν σπῐ́νοιν
toîn spínoin		 τοῖς σπῐ́νοις
toîs spínois
Accusative τὸν σπῐ́νον
tòn spínon		 τὼ σπῐ́νω
tṑ spínō		 τοὺς σπῐ́νους
toùs spínous
Vocative σπῐ́νε
spíne		 σπῐ́νω
spínō		 σπῐ́νοι
spínoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: σπίνος (spínos)

Further reading

Greek
σπίνος
(Fringilla coelebs subsp. coelebs)
σπίνος
(Fringilla coelebs subsp. coelebs)
σπίνος
(Fringilla coelebs subsp. coelebs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπίνος, σπίγγος (spínos, spíngos).

Noun

σπίνος • (spínos) m (plural σπίνοι)

  1. finch

Declension
declension of σπίνος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σπίνος • σπίνοι •
genitive σπίνου • σπίνων •
accusative σπίνο • σπίνους •
vocative σπίνε • σπίνοι •

Descendants

Further reading
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