Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σποράς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: σποράς σποράδος

Structure: σποραδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: spei/rw

Sense

  1. scattered, dispersed

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῖσι δέ τισ Σποράδων βαιὴ ἀπὸ τόφρ’ ἐφαάνθη νῆσοσ ἰδεῖν, ὀλίγησ Ἱππουρίδοσ ἀντία νήσου, ἔνθ’ εὐνὰσ ἐβάλοντο καὶ ἔσχεθον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 27:34)
  • Σιμωνίδησ ετ Σιμμίασ ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀμοργὸσ τῶν Σποράδων ὅθεν ἦν Σημωνίδησ ὁ τῶν ἰάμβων ποιητήσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section10)
  • θοῶσ δ’ ὕπερθεν ὡ̓͂κα λέχριον φέρων νεῦμα ποδῶν σποράδων πίφαυσκεν ἴχνει θένων . (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 27 1:5)
  • Σποράδων· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 2)
  • τὴν δ’ ἑξῆσ ἐπέχει κόλποσ εὐμεγέθησ, ἐπικειμένων αὐτῷ νήσων σποράδων, τὴν πρόσοψιν ἐχουσῶν ὁμοίαν ταῖσ καλουμέναισ Ἐχινάσι νήσοισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 44 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. scattered

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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