σπόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spor-, an o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *sper-. Cognate to σπείρω (speírō, “I sow”), σπέρμα (spérma, “semen, sperm”), and Albanian farë.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σπόρος • (spóros) m (genitive σπόρου); second declension

  1. A sowing
  2. The time for sowing
  3. seed
  4. produce, harvest, crop
  5. offspring
  6. semen

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σπόρος; τοῦ σπόρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σπόρος
ho spóros		 τὼ σπόρω
tṑ spórō		 οἱ σπόροι
hoi spóroi
Genitive τοῦ σπόρου
toû spórou		 τοῖν σπόροιν
toîn spóroin		 τῶν σπόρων
tôn spórōn
Dative τῷ σπόρῳ
tôi spórōi		 τοῖν σπόροιν
toîn spóroin		 τοῖς σπόροις
toîs spórois
Accusative τὸν σπόρον
tòn spóron		 τὼ σπόρω
tṑ spórō		 τοὺς σπόρους
toùs spórous
Vocative σπόρε
spóre		 σπόρω
spórō		 σπόροι
spóroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: σπόρος (spóros)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈspo̞ro̞s]

Noun

σπόρος • (spóros) m (plural σπόροι)

  1. (botany) seed (of a plant)
  2. (biology) sperm, seed
  3. (figuratively) seed (of an idea)

Declension
declension of σπόρος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σπόρος • σπόροι •
genitive σπόρου • σπόρων •
accusative σπόρο • σπόρους •
vocative σπόρε • σπόροι •

Further reading
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