σπέος: Difference between revisions

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