σπανίως

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

σπάνιος (spánios) +‎ -ως (-ōs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.ni.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ni.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ni.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ni.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ni.os/

Adverb

σπᾰνίως • (spaníōs)

rarely, seldom

Descendants

→ Greek: σπανίως (spaníos) (learned)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σπανίως (spaníōs).^[1] By surface analysis, σπάνι(ος) (spáni(os)) +‎ -ως (-os)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spaˈni.os/
Hyphenation: σπα‧νί‧ως

Adverb

σπανίως • (spaníos)

rarely, seldom
Synonym: σπάνια (spánia)

Antonym: συχνά (sychná)

References

^ σπανίως, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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