Σπάρτη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. Σπάρτα, ἡ, <span class="title">Sparta</span> in Laconia, <span class="bibl">Il.2.582</span>, etc.:—hence Advbs., Σπάρτηθεν, [[from Sparta]], <span class="bibl">Od.2.327</span>; Σπάρτηνδε, [[to Sparta]], <span class="bibl">1.285</span>:—Σπαρτιάτης [<b class="b3">ᾱ], ου, ὁ</b>, [[a Spartan]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>457</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.128</span>, etc.; Ion. Σπαρτι-ήτης, εω, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>:—fem. Σπαρτι-ᾶτις, ιδος, ἡ, [[a Spartan woman]], <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Andr.</span>596</span>, etc.; also (''[[sc.]]'' [[χώρα]]) <span class="title">Laconia</span>, Plu.2.219f; also as adjective, <b class="b3">Σ. γυνή, χθών</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>115</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>537</span>, etc.; also Σπαρτιάς, άδος, St. Byz.:—Adj. Σπαρτιᾱτικός, ή, όν, <span class="title">Spartan</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.6.4.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span> 46</span>, etc.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: capital of Laconia (Δ 52).<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">-τα</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Σπαρτ-ιάτης</b>, f. <b class="b3">-ιᾶτις</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ιήτης</b>, <b class="b3">-ιῆτις</b> <b class="b2">Spartan (m/f)</b> (IA), after <b class="b3">οἰκιή-της</b>, <b class="b3">πολι-ήτης</b> (Schwyzer 500 w. lit.), with <b class="b3">-ιατικός</b>, <b class="b3">-ιητικός</b> (Hdt. etc.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 209, Chantraine Études 122).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Appellative meaning unknown; so without etymology. On the attempts to connect the word as IE with [[σπείρω]] or [[σπάρτη]] or the plantname [[σπάρτος]], s. Bölte P.-W. II: 3, 1272f. For Pre-Greek origin Heubeck Beitr. zur Namenforsch. 1, 280 and Gnomon 21, 203.