σπέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. [[σπεῖος]], τό, Ep. Noun (also in <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>98 H.), [[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>.

|elnltext=σπέος -ους, τό, ep. ook σπεῖος -ους [~ σπήλαιον?] dat. σπῆϊ, plur. σπέσσι, σπήεσσι, grot.

|etymtx=([[σπεῖος]])<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[cavern]], [[cave]] (ep. Il., also Cypr. inscr.).<br />Other forms: Gen. [[σπείους]], dat. [[σπῆϊ]], pl. [[σπέσσι]], [[σπήεσσι]] 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).