"ὄσπριον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὄσπριον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ós.pri.on/, /ˈos.pri.on/, /ˈos.pri.on/, /ós.pri.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈos.pri.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈos.pri.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈos.pri.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈos.pri.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of unclear origin. Connections with σπεῖρον (speîron, “wrapping cover”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”) have been suggested, but this is impossible because "ὀ" is not a prothetic vowel. The word is more likely a substrate borrowing, perhaps from the same source as Old Armenian ոսպն (ospn, “lentil”). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|unclear}} unclear, {{bor|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{cog|xcl|ոսպն|t=lentil}} Old Armenian ոսպն (ospn, “lentil”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὄσπρῐον|ὀσπρίου|n|second}} ὄσπρῐον • (ósprĭon) n (genitive ὀσπρίου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὄσπρῐον|ου}} Forms: ὄσπρῐον [canonical], ósprĭon [romanization], ὀσπρίου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ὄσπρῐον [nominative, singular], ὀσπρῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ὄσπρῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὀσπρῐ́ου [genitive, singular], ὀσπρῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], ὀσπρῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὀσπρῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], ὀσπρῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὀσπρῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ ὄσπρῐον [accusative, singular], ὀσπρῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ὄσπρῐᾰ [accusative, plural], ὄσπρῐον [singular, vocative], ὀσπρῐ́ω [dual, vocative], ὄσπρῐᾰ [plural, vocative], ὄσπρεον [alternative]
  1. (botany) pulse, legume (of all kinds) Derived forms: ὀσπριοδόχος (ospriodókhos), ὀσπριοθήκη (ospriothḗkē), ὀσπριοπώλης (ospriopṓlēs), ὀσπριοφαγέω (ospriophagéō), ὀσπριώδης (ospriṓdēs)
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            "1": "el",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: όσπριο (ósprio)"
    }
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        "2": "unclear"
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  "etymology_text": "Of unclear origin. Connections with σπεῖρον (speîron, “wrapping cover”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”) have been suggested, but this is impossible because \"ὀ\" is not a prothetic vowel. The word is more likely a substrate borrowing, perhaps from the same source as Old Armenian ոսպն (ospn, “lentil”).",
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      "form": "ὄσπρῐον",
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        "canonical"
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    {
      "form": "ósprĭon",
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      ]
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      "form": "ὀσπρίου",
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "osprĭ́oin",
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      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dual"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        },
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          "roman": "ospriothḗkē",
          "word": "ὀσπριοθήκη"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ospriopṓlēs",
          "word": "ὀσπριοπώλης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ospriophagéō",
          "word": "ὀσπριοφαγέω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ospriṓdēs",
          "word": "ὀσπριώδης"
        }
      ],
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        "pulse, legume (of all kinds)"
      ],
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "pulse",
          "pulse"
        ],
        [
          "legume",
          "legume"
        ]
      ],
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        "(botany) pulse, legume (of all kinds)"
      ],
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        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ós.pri.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄσπριον"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "ospriodókhos",
      "word": "ὀσπριοδόχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ospriothḗkē",
      "word": "ὀσπριοθήκη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ospriopṓlēs",
      "word": "ὀσπριοπώλης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ospriophagéō",
      "word": "ὀσπριοφαγέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ospriṓdēs",
      "word": "ὀσπριώδης"
    }
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τῷ ὀσπρῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi osprĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "natural-sciences"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/"
    },
    {
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      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈos.pri.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄσπριον"
}

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