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 • (spĭnós) 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 spĭnós |
σπῐνή spĭnḗ |
σπῐνόν spĭnón |
σπῐνώ spĭnṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spĭnā́ |
σπῐνώ spĭnṓ |
σπῐνοί spĭnoí |
σπῐναί spĭnaí |
σπῐνᾰ́ spĭnắ | |||||
Genitive | σπῐνοῦ spĭnoû |
σπῐνῆς spĭnês |
σπῐνοῦ spĭnoû |
σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn |
σπῐναῖν spĭnaîn |
σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn |
σπῐνῶν spĭnôn |
σπῐνῶν spĭnôn |
σπῐνῶν spĭnôn | |||||
Dative | σπῐνῷ spĭnôi |
σπῐνῇ spĭnêi |
σπῐνῷ spĭnôi |
σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn |
σπῐναῖν spĭnaîn |
σπῐνοῖν spĭnoîn |
σπῐνοῖς spĭnoîs |
σπῐναῖς spĭnaîs |
σπῐνοῖς spĭnoîs | |||||
Accusative | σπῐνόν spĭnón |
σπῐνήν spĭnḗn |
σπῐνόν spĭnón |
σπῐνώ spĭnṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spĭnā́ |
σπῐνώ spĭnṓ |
σπῐνούς spĭnoús |
σπῐνᾱ́ς spĭnā́s |
σπῐνᾰ́ spĭnắ | |||||
Vocative | σπῐνέ spĭné |
σπῐνή spĭnḗ |
σπῐνόν spĭnón |
σπῐνώ spĭnṓ |
σπῐνᾱ́ spĭnā́ |
σπῐνώ spĭnṓ |
σπῐνοί spĭnoí |
σπῐναί spĭnaí |
σπῐνᾰ́ spĭnắ | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σπῐνῶς spĭnôs |
σπῐνώτερος spĭnṓteros |
σπῐνώτᾰτος spĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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