σπείρω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Hellenic *spéřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéryeti, from *sper- (to sprinkle, scatter, strew).

    The only known secure cognate is Hittite [script needed] (išpār-ᶦ, to spread out, strew) (< *spor-ey). Old Armenian սփռեմ (spʻṙem, to spread out) (whence modern Armenian սփռել (spʻṙel)) appears to be unrelated, despite semantic and superficial phonetic similarities.[1]

    Note English spray, sprout, spread, whose proto-Germanic forms are possibly connected. Perhaps also related through extensions of this root to Latin spargō, spernō, spurcus and spurius, English spurn.

    Alternative forms

    • σπέρρω (spérrhō)Aeolic

    Verb

    σπείρω • (speírō)

    1. to sow
    Conjugation
    Derived terms
    • ἀποσπείρω (apospeírō)
    • διασπείρω (diaspeírō)
    • ἐνδιασπείρω (endiaspeírō)
    • ἐνισπείρω (enispeírō)
    • ἐνσπείρω (enspeírō)
    • ἐπανασπείρω (epanaspeírō)
    • ἐπισπείρω (epispeírō)
    • κατασπείρω (kataspeírō)
    • παρασπείρω (paraspeírō)
    • περισπείρω (perispeírō)
    • πολυσπερής (polusperḗs)
    • προδιασπείρω (prodiaspeírō)
    • προκατασπείρω (prokataspeírō)
    • προϋποσπείρω (proüpospeírō)
    • σπαρτέον (spartéon)
    • σπαρτός (spartós)
    • σπεῖρον (speîron)
    • σπειρώδης (speirṓdēs)
    • σπείρωσις (speírōsis)
    • σπέρμα (spérma)
    • σπορά (sporá)
    • σπόριμος (spórimos)
    • σπόρος (spóros)
    • συγκατασπείρω (sunkataspeírō)
    • συσπείρω (suspeírō)
    • ὑποσπείρω (hupospeírō)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σπείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1379-80

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    σπείρω • (speírō)

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of σπεῖρον (speîron)

    Greek

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈspi.ro/

    Verb

    σπείρω • (speíro)

    1. first-person singular dependent of σπέρνω (spérno)