σπονδή
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπένδω (spéndō, “to libate”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spon.dɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sponˈde̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sponˈdi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sponˈdi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sponˈdi/
Noun
σπονδή • (spondḗ) f (genitive σπονδῆς); first declension
- libation, drink-offering (to the gods; one offered to the dead or chthonic spirits is χοή (khoḗ))
- (in the plural) treaty, truce
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σπονδή hē spondḗ |
τὼ σπονδᾱ́ tṑ spondā́ |
αἱ σπονδαί hai spondaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σπονδῆς tês spondês |
τοῖν σπονδαῖν toîn spondaîn |
τῶν σπονδῶν tôn spondôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σπονδῇ têi spondêi |
τοῖν σπονδαῖν toîn spondaîn |
ταῖς σπονδαῖς taîs spondaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σπονδήν tḕn spondḗn |
τὼ σπονδᾱ́ tṑ spondā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σπονδᾱ́ς tā̀s spondā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπονδή spondḗ |
σπονδᾱ́ spondā́ |
σπονδαί spondaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “σπονδή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπονδή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σπονδή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- drink offering idem, page 252.
- libation idem, page 487.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπένδω (spéndō).
Noun
σπονδή • (spondí) f (plural σπονδές)
Declension
Declension of σπονδή
See also
Further reading
σπονδή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
