- σπυρίς
- σπυρίςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `basket' (IA etc.) (on the anlaut σπ- σπυρίς σφ- Hiersche Ten. asp. 201 ff.).Other forms: σφυρίς (Hp. v. l., hell. a. late), -ίδοςCompounds: σπυριδο-φόρος `basket-carrying' (pap. IIa)Derivatives: Dimin. σπυρ-ίδιον (com. a.o.; σφ- hell. pap.), -ίχνιον (Poll.; like κυλίχνη a. o.); also -ιδώδης `basketlike', -ιδόν adv. `in form of a basket' (sch.). -- Instrumentname in -ίς as σκαφίς, γλυφίς a. o.; whether first from a noun (*σπυρός v.t.) or directly from a verb, cannot be decided. As "twined basket" to (IE) *sper- `wind, twine' in σπάρ-τον, σπεῖρα a. o. with υ-vowel from syllabic r (?).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: --The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek. Furnée 241 compares further σύριχος (Alex.), σύρισσος (Poll.), σύρισκος (H.), ὑριχός (Ar.), ὕρισχος (Phryn.), ὑρίσκος (H.), ὑρίσσος (H.), all `twined basket', if from *σϜύριχος. -- Lat. LW [loanword] sporta (from σπυρίδα; through Etruscan?); s. W.-Hofmann s. v. w. lit.Page in Frisk: 2,773
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.