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σφόνδυλος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
The formation is similar to δάκτυλος (dáktulos) and κόνδυλος (kóndulos), probably first from a noun *σφόνδος (*sphóndos). Sometimes connected with words like σφενδόνη (sphendónē), σφεδανός (sphedanós) and σφαδάζω (sphadázō), but this is mere speculation. The variation σφ/σπ points to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰón.dy.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰon.dy.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸon.dy.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfon.dy.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfon.di.los/
Noun
σφόνδῠλος • (sphóndŭlos) m (genitive σφονδῠ́λου); second declension
- vertebra (especially the cervical vertebrae)
- joint (especially of a scorpion's tail)
- tambour
- spindle whorl
- whorl (botany)
- voting pebble
Inflection
Derived terms
- σφονδύλιον (sphondúlion)
- σφονδυλίς (sphondulís)
- σφονδυλίων (sphondulíōn)
- σφονδυλοδίνητος (sphondulodínētos)
- σφονδυλόεις (sphondulóeis)
- σφονδυλόμαντις (sphondulómantis)
- σφονδυλώδης (sphondulṓdēs)
References
- “σφόνδυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφόνδυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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Greek
Noun
σφόνδυλος • (sfóndylos) m (plural σφόνδυλοι)
- (colloquial) alternative form of σπόνδυλος (spóndylos)
Declension
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