- σποργίλος
- σποργίλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: a bird, probably `sparrow' (Ar. Av. 300 with allusion to a PN).Derivatives: Beside it σπέργουλος (also π-) ὀρνιθάριον ἄγριον and σπαράσιον ὄρνεον ἐμφερες στρουθῳ̃ H. Also στρουθὸς πυργίτης (Gal.; after πύργος). (Does this point to σποργ-\/(σ)πυργ-?)Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Formation: σποργ-ίλος as ὀρχίλος, τροχίλος a. other birdnames; σπέργουλος dialectal for *σπεργ-ύλος like κηρύλος a. o. (Chantraine Form. 249 u. 251). The forms with -γ- have a counterpart in a Germ. and Balt. name of the sparrow: MHG sperke, OPr. spurglis, also spergle-wanag\<is\> `sparrow-hawk ' ("sparrow-vulture"(?). Hypothetic, partly certainly wrong attempts, to bring the different forms in a morphological system by Specht Ursprung 89, 145 f., 213. Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 666f., Pok. 991, W.-Hofmann s. parra; further Thompson Birds s. v. Older lit. also in Bq. -- Cf. ψάρ, σπαράσιον.Page in Frisk: 2,771-772
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.