σπανός

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek σπανός (spanós), from the first component of Koine Greek σπανοπώγων (spanopṓgōn, “who has a sparse beard”) (see πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”) for the second component),[1] further from σπάνιος (spánios, “rare, scarce”).[2] Alternatively, directly from σπάνιος (spánios), with the same formation pattern seen in ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) < ὄρθιος (órthios, “id”).[3]

Despite similar phonetics and semantics, not related to σπαρνός (sparnós, “sparse, rare”) or Latvian spārns (“wing”). However, compare Romanian spân (“hairless”), Aromanian spãn, Sicilian spanu, which may derive from the same Ancient Greek root, possibly via a Vulgar Latin intermediate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spaˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: σπα‧νός

Adjective

σπανός • (spanós) m (feminine σπανή, neuter σπανό)

  1. hairless

Declension

Declension of σπανός
number 
case \ gender  		singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative σπανός • σπανή • σπανό • σπανοί • σπανές • σπανά •
genitive σπανού • σπανής • σπανού • σπανών • σπανών • σπανών •
accusative σπανό • σπανή • σπανό • σπανούς • σπανές • σπανά •
vocative σπανέ • σπανή • σπανό • σπανοί • σπανές • σπανά •

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ σπανός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπάνις, -εως (> DER > 1. > shortened σπανός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1375
  3. ^ σπανός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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