σπάδων

See also: σπαδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάω (spáō, “to draw (a weapon)”) +‎ -ων (-ōn, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.dɔːn/ → /ˈspa.ðon/ → /ˈspa.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.dɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ðon/

Noun

σπᾰ́δων • (spádōn) m (genitive σπᾰ́δωνος); third declension

1. eunuch

   Synonyms: γᾰ́λλος (gállos), εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπᾰ́δων ho spádōn	τὼ σπᾰ́δωνε tṑ spádōne	οἱ σπᾰ́δωνες hoi spádōnes
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰ́δωνος toû spádōnos	τοῖν σπᾰδώνοιν toîn spadṓnoin	τῶν σπᾰδώνων tôn spadṓnōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰ́δωνῐ tôi spádōni	τοῖν σπᾰδώνοιν toîn spadṓnoin	τοῖς σπᾰ́δωσῐ / σπᾰ́δωσῐν toîs spádōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σπᾰ́δωνᾰ tòn spádōna	τὼ σπᾰ́δωνε tṑ spádōne	τοὺς σπᾰ́δωνᾰς toùs spádōnas
Vocative	σπᾰ́δων spádōn	σπᾰ́δωνε spádōne	σπᾰ́δωνες spádōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ σπᾰ́δων; τοῦ σπᾰ́δωνος (Attic)

Derived terms

• σπᾰδονῐ́ζω (spadonízō)
• σπᾰδόνῐσμᾰ (spadónisma)
• σπᾰδονῐσμός (spadonismós)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: spadō

Further reading

• “σπάδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σπάδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σπάδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette