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> [[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. <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>

|etymtx=(<b class="b3">σπεῖος</b>)<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[cavern]], [[cave]] (ep. Il., also Cypr. inscr.).<br />Other forms: Gen. <b class="b3">σπείους</b>, dat. <b class="b3">σπῆϊ</b>, pl. <b class="b3">σπέσσι</b>, <b class="b3">σπήεσσι</b> etc. (on the explanation Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 7, 11, 101, Schwyzer 102, Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 126f.)<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Old word without etymology. Cf. [[σπήλαιον]]. It is no doubt Pre-Greek (Furnée 123).