The word shares the formation with ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “lean, thin”). According to Beekes, the word is probably connected with σπίδιος (spídios). Hardly related to Old Irish séim (“slender, lean”).
σπῐνός • (spinós) m (feminine σπῐνή, neuter σπῐνόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σπῐνός spinós |
σπῐνή spinḗ |
σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́ |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνοί spinoí |
σπῐναί spinaí |
σπῐνᾰ́ spiná | |||||
Genitive | σπῐνοῦ spinoû |
σπῐνῆς spinês |
σπῐνοῦ spinoû |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐναῖν spinaîn |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐνῶν spinôn |
σπῐνῶν spinôn |
σπῐνῶν spinôn | |||||
Dative | σπῐνῷ spinôi |
σπῐνῇ spinêi |
σπῐνῷ spinôi |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐναῖν spinaîn |
σπῐνοῖν spinoîn |
σπῐνοῖς spinoîs |
σπῐναῖς spinaîs |
σπῐνοῖς spinoîs | |||||
Accusative | σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνήν spinḗn |
σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́ |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνούς spinoús |
σπῐνᾱ́ς spinā́s |
σπῐνᾰ́ spiná | |||||
Vocative | σπῐνέ spiné |
σπῐνή spinḗ |
σπῐνόν spinón |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spinā́ |
σπῐνώ spinṓ |
σπῐνοί spinoí |
σπῐναί spinaí |
σπῐνᾰ́ spiná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σπῐνῶς spinôs |
σπῐνώτερος spinṓteros |
σπῐνώτᾰτος spinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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