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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
The formation is similar to ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”). Reminiscent of Lithuanian spindžiù (“to gleam”), Latvian spīdēt (“to gleam, beam”) and spuôdrs (“white, gleaming”), but formally impossible to connect. Niedermann connected this word to Latin scintilla (“spark”), suggesting a Mediterranean loan, while Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spin.tʰɛ̌ːr/ → /spinˈθir/ → /spinˈθir/
Noun
σπῐνθήρ • (spinthḗr) m (genitive σπῐνθῆρος); third declension
- spark
Declension
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Further reading
- “σπινθήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σπινθήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “σπινθήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σπινθήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σπινθήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN