σπέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. σπεῖος, τό, Ep.Noun (also in <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>98 H.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cavern]], [[grotto]], <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. [[σπέος]], <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> ([[σπέϊ]] in <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.246</span>): of the Ep. form [[σπεῖος]], acc. sg. only in <span class="bibl">Od.5.194</span>; gen. [[σπείους]] only in Od. (<span class="bibl">5.68</span>, al.): of the pl., only dat. [[σπέσσι]] and [[σπήεσσι]], 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. [[σπεάτεσσι]], as if from [[σπέας]], in <span class="bibl">Xenoph.37</span>.</span>