σποργίλος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ὀρχίλος (orkhílos, wren) and τροχίλος (trokhílos, Egyptian plover; wren). This word has a counterpart in Old Prussian spurglis (sparrow), which may point to a European substrate word or a Wanderwort.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σποργῐ́λος (sporgílosm (genitive σποργῐ́λου); second declension

  1. bird mentioned by Aristophanes, probably the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    Synonym: στρουθός (strouthós)

Inflection

Further reading

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σποργίλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1386