"σπάδων" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σπάδων in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /spá.dɔːn/, /ˈspa.ðon/, /ˈspa.ðon/, /spá.dɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈspa.don/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈspa.ðon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈspa.ðon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈspa.ðon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) + -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|σπάω|-ων|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to draw (a weapon)}} σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) + -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σπᾰ́δων|σπᾰ́δωνος|m|third}} σπᾰ́δων • (spắdōn) m (genitive σπᾰ́δωνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σπᾰ́δων|σπᾰ́δωνος}} Forms: σπᾰ́δων [canonical], spắdōn [romanization], σπᾰ́δωνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ σπᾰ́δων [nominative, singular], σπᾰ́δωνε [dual, nominative], οἱ σπᾰ́δωνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ σπᾰ́δωνος [genitive, singular], σπᾰδώνοιν [dual, genitive], σπᾰδώνων [genitive, plural], τῷ σπᾰ́δωνῐ [dative, singular], σπᾰδώνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σπᾰ́δωσῐ [dative, plural], σπᾰ́δωσῐν [dative, plural], toîs spắdōsĭ [dative, plural], toîs spắdōsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν σπᾰ́δωνᾰ [accusative, singular], σπᾰ́δωνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς σπᾰ́δωνᾰς [accusative, plural], σπᾰ́δων [singular, vocative], σπᾰ́δωνε [dual, vocative], σπᾰ́δωνες [plural, vocative]
  1. eunuch Synonyms: γᾰ́λλος, εὐνοῦχος Derived forms: σπᾰδονῐ́ζω (spădonĭ́zō), σπᾰδόνῐσμᾰ (spădónĭsmă), σπᾰδονῐσμός (spădonĭsmós)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "spadō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: spadō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: spadō"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπάω",
        "3": "-ων",
        "pos2": "nominal suffix",
        "t1": "to draw (a weapon)"
      },
      "expansion": "σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) + -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) + -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δων",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spắdōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ σπᾰ́δων",
      "roman": "ho spắdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνε",
      "roman": "spắdōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ σπᾰ́δωνες",
      "roman": "hoi spắdōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σπᾰ́δωνος",
      "roman": "toû spắdōnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰδώνοιν",
      "roman": "spădṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰδώνων",
      "roman": "spădṓnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σπᾰ́δωνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi spắdōnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰδώνοιν",
      "roman": "spădṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σπᾰ́δωσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs spắdōsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs spắdōsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν σπᾰ́δωνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn spắdōnă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνε",
      "roman": "spắdōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς σπᾰ́δωνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs spắdōnăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δων",
      "roman": "spắdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνε",
      "roman": "spắdōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνες",
      "roman": "spắdōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σπᾰ́δων",
        "2": "σπᾰ́δωνος",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "σπᾰ́δων • (spắdōn) m (genitive σπᾰ́δωνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σπᾰ́δων",
        "2": "σπᾰ́δωνος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ων",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "spădonĭ́zō",
          "word": "σπᾰδονῐ́ζω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "spădónĭsmă",
          "word": "σπᾰδόνῐσμᾰ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "spădonĭsmós",
          "word": "σπᾰδονῐσμός"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eunuch"
      ],
      "id": "en-σπάδων-grc-noun-02Vewrfa",
      "links": [
        [
          "eunuch",
          "eunuch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "γᾰ́λλος"
        },
        {
          "word": "εὐνοῦχος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spá.dɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/spá.dɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.don/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σπάδων"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "spădonĭ́zō",
      "word": "σπᾰδονῐ́ζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "spădónĭsmă",
      "word": "σπᾰδόνῐσμᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "spădonĭsmós",
      "word": "σπᾰδονῐσμός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "spadō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: spadō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: spadō"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπάω",
        "3": "-ων",
        "pos2": "nominal suffix",
        "t1": "to draw (a weapon)"
      },
      "expansion": "σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) + -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) + -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δων",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spắdōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ σπᾰ́δων",
      "roman": "ho spắdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνε",
      "roman": "spắdōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ σπᾰ́δωνες",
      "roman": "hoi spắdōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σπᾰ́δωνος",
      "roman": "toû spắdōnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰδώνοιν",
      "roman": "spădṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰδώνων",
      "roman": "spădṓnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σπᾰ́δωνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi spắdōnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰδώνοιν",
      "roman": "spădṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σπᾰ́δωσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs spắdōsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs spắdōsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν σπᾰ́δωνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn spắdōnă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνε",
      "roman": "spắdōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς σπᾰ́δωνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs spắdōnăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δων",
      "roman": "spắdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνε",
      "roman": "spắdōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σπᾰ́δωνες",
      "roman": "spắdōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σπᾰ́δων",
        "2": "σπᾰ́δωνος",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "σπᾰ́δων • (spắdōn) m (genitive σπᾰ́δωνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σπᾰ́δων",
        "2": "σπᾰ́δωνος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ων",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eunuch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eunuch",
          "eunuch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "γᾰ́λλος"
        },
        {
          "word": "εὐνοῦχος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spá.dɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/spá.dɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.don/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.ðon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σπάδων"
}

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