σπείρω

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *spéřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéryeti, from *sper- (to sprinkle, scatter, strew).

The only known secure cognate is Hittite (išpār-ᶦ, to spread out, strew) (< *spor-ey). Old Armenian սփռեմ (spʻṙem, to spread out) (whence modern Armenian սփռել (spʻṙel)) appears to be unrelated, despite semantic and superficial phonetic similarities.[1]

Note English spray, sprout, spread, whose proto-Germanic forms are possibly connected. Perhaps also related through extensions of this root to Latin spargō, spernō, spurcus and spurius, English spurn.

Alternative forms

Verb

σπείρω (speírō)

  1. to sow
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1379-80

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

σπείρω (speírō)

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of σπεῖρον (speîron)

Greek

Pronunciation

Verb

σπείρω (speíro)

  1. first-person singular dependent of σπέρνω (spérno)