σπέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. σπεῖος, τό, Ep.Noun (also in <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>98 H.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cavern, grotto</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.57</span>, etc.; ὑπὸ σ. ἤλασε μῆλα <span class="bibl">Il.4.279</span>; [Κύκλωπες] οἴκεον ἐν σπήεσσι <span class="bibl">Od.9.400</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">114</span>; νῆα . . ὡρμίσαμεν κοῖλον σ. εἰσερύσαντες <span class="bibl">12.317</span>.—Hom. uses only the following forms: nom.and acc. sg. <b class="b3">σπέος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.32</span>, ll.cc.; irreg. dat. σπῆϊ <span class="bibl">18.402</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.20</span>,al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>297</span> (<b class="b3">σπέϊ</b> in <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.246</span>): of the Ep. form <b class="b3">σπεῖος</b>, acc. sg. only in <span class="bibl">Od.5.194</span>; gen. <b class="b3">σπείους</b> only in Od. (<span class="bibl">5.68</span>, al.): of the pl., only dat. <b class="b3">σπέσσι</b> and <b class="b3">σπήεσσι</b>, only in Od. (<span class="bibl">1.15</span>, al., <span class="bibl">9.400</span>, al.); gen. σπείων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>263</span>; irreg. dat. pl. <b class="b3">σπεάτεσσι</b>, as if from <b class="b3">σπέας</b>, in <span class="bibl">Xenoph.37</span>.</span>