"σπίνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σπίνος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /spí.nos/, /ˈspi.nos/, /ˈspi.nos/, /spí.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈspi.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈspi.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈspi.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈspi.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- (“small bird, sparrow”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finkiz (“finch”), Welsh pinc (“finch”) and Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “shrike”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*(s)ping-||small bird, sparrow}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- (“small bird, sparrow”), {{cog|gem-pro|*finkiz||finch}} Proto-Germanic *finkiz (“finch”), {{cog|cy|pinc||finch}} Welsh pinc (“finch”), {{cog|sa|फिङ्गक||shrike}} Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “shrike”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σπῐ́νος|σπῐ́νου|m|second}} σπῐ́νος • (spĭ́nos) m (genitive σπῐ́νου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σπῐ́νος|ου|form=M}} Forms: σπῐ́νος [canonical], spĭ́nos [romanization], σπῐ́νου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ σπῐ́νος [nominative, singular], σπῐ́νω [dual, nominative], οἱ σπῐ́νοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ σπῐ́νου [genitive, singular], σπῐ́νοιν [dual, genitive], σπῐ́νων [genitive, plural], τῷ σπῐ́νῳ [dative, singular], σπῐ́νοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σπῐ́νοις [dative, plural], τὸν σπῐ́νον [accusative, singular], σπῐ́νω [accusative, dual], τοὺς σπῐ́νους [accusative, plural], σπῐ́νε [singular, vocative], σπῐ́νω [dual, vocative], σπῐ́νοι [plural, vocative], σπῐ́γγος [alternative], σπῐ́να [alternative], σπῐνῐ́ον [alternative], σπῐ́ννος [alternative]
  1. chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) Synonyms: σπῐ́ζᾰ
    Sense id: en-σπίνος-grc-noun-Vfzf~8Ju Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Mineralogy, Perching birds Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Mineralogy: 50 50 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 90 10
  2. kind of stone, which blazes when water touches it
    Sense id: en-σπίνος-grc-noun-BPJDdzXH Categories (other): Mineralogy Disambiguation of Mineralogy: 50 50
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      "source": "inflection",
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          "blaze",
          "blaze"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspi.nos/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspi.nos/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspi.nos/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈspi.nos/",
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  ],
  "word": "σπίνος"
}

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