σπείρω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Hellenic *spéřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéryeti, from *sper- (to sprinkle, scatter, strew).

The only known secure cognate is Hittite [script needed] (išpār-ᶦ, to spread out, strew) (< *spor-ey). Old Armenian սփռեմ (spʻṙem, to spread out) (whence modern Armenian սփռել (spʻṙel)) appears to be unrelated, despite semantic and superficial phonetic similarities.[1]

Note English spray, sprout, spread, whose proto-Germanic forms are possibly connected. Perhaps also related through extensions of this root to Latin spargō, spernō, spurcus and spurius, English spurn.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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σπείρω (speírō)

  1. to sow
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1379-80

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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σπείρω (speírō)

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of σπεῖρον (speîron)

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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σπείρω (speíro)

  1. 1st person singular dependent form of σπέρνω (spérno).