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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek source as σπέος (spéos) and σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɛ̌ː.lai̯.on/ → /ˈspi.lɛ.on/ → /ˈspi.le.on/
Noun
σπήλαιον • (spḗlaion) n (genitive σπελαίου); second declension
- grotto, cave, cavern
- den, lair
70 CE – 110 CE,
The Gospel of Matthew 21:13:
- καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Γέγραπται ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται· ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ποιεῖτε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.
- kaì légei autoîs, Gégraptai ho oîkós mou oîkos proseukhês klēthḗsetai; humeîs dè autòn poieîte spḗlaion lēistôn.
- And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. (KJV)
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References
Further reading
- σπήλαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σπήλαιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “σπήλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4693 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.