σπιδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”). Cognate with Latin spissus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.dnós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spiˈdnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spiˈðnos/

Adjective

σπῐδνός • (spidnós) m (feminine σπῐδνή, neuter σπῐδνόν); first/second declension

dense, solid, holding together, fastened

Inflection

First and second declension of σπῐδνός; σπῐδνή; σπῐδνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σπῐδνός spidnós	σπῐδνή spidnḗ	σπῐδνόν spidnón	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spidnā́	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνοί spidnoí	σπῐδναί spidnaí	σπῐδνᾰ́ spidná
Genitive	σπῐδνοῦ spidnoû	σπῐδνῆς spidnês	σπῐδνοῦ spidnoû	σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn	σπῐδναῖν spidnaîn	σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn	σπῐδνῶν spidnôn	σπῐδνῶν spidnôn	σπῐδνῶν spidnôn
Dative	σπῐδνῷ spidnôi	σπῐδνῇ spidnêi	σπῐδνῷ spidnôi	σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn	σπῐδναῖν spidnaîn	σπῐδνοῖν spidnoîn	σπῐδνοῖς spidnoîs	σπῐδναῖς spidnaîs	σπῐδνοῖς spidnoîs
Accusative	σπῐδνόν spidnón	σπῐδνήν spidnḗn	σπῐδνόν spidnón	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spidnā́	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνούς spidnoús	σπῐδνᾱ́ς spidnā́s	σπῐδνᾰ́ spidná
Vocative	σπῐδνέ spidné	σπῐδνή spidnḗ	σπῐδνόν spidnón	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνᾱ́ spidnā́	σπῐδνώ spidnṓ	σπῐδνοί spidnoí	σπῐδναί spidnaí	σπῐδνᾰ́ spidná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σπῐδνῶς spidnôs			σπῐδνότερος spidnóteros			σπῐδνότᾰτος spidnótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

σπῐδής (spidḗs)
σπῐδόεις (spidóeis)

Related terms

σπίζω (spízō, “to extend”)
ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”)

References

“σπιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press