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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπορᾱ́ (sporā́) + -άς (-ás), from the root of σπείρω (speírō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spo.rás/ → /spoˈras/ → /spoˈras/
Adjective
σπορᾰ́ς • (sporás) m or f; third
- (chiefly in the plural) scattered, dispersed
Declension
Found only in the masculine and feminine
ὁ, ἡ σπορᾰ́ς
ho, hē sporás
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τὼ σπορᾰ́δε
tṑ sporáde
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οἱ, αἱ σπορᾰ́δες
hoi, hai sporádes
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τοῦ, τῆς σπορᾰ́δος
toû, tês sporádos
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τοῖν σπορᾰ́δοιν
toîn sporádoin
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τῶν σπορᾰ́δων
tôn sporádōn
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τῷ, τῇ σπορᾰ́δῐ
tôi, têi sporádi
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τοῖν σπορᾰ́δοιν
toîn sporádoin
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τοῖς, ταῖς σπορᾰ́σῐ / σπορᾰ́σῐν
toîs, taîs sporási(n)
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τὸν, τὴν σπορᾰ́δᾰ
tòn, tḕn sporáda
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τὼ σπορᾰ́δε
tṑ sporáde
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τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σπορᾰ́δᾰς
toùs, tā̀s sporádas
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σπορᾰ́ς
sporás
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σπορᾰ́δε
sporáde
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σπορᾰ́δες
sporádes
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Derived terms
Further reading
- σποράς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σποράς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “σποράς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σποράς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.