The corpus record

σπάρτη

sparte · ἡ

rope, cord, Sparta

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Where it lives

Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

σπάρτη · spartē — LSJ

rope, cord, Sparta

= σπάρτον, rope or cord (v. σπάρτος, ὁ), Ar. Av. 815 (with a play upon Sparta), cf. Cratin. 110; μαντεύεσθαι . . τῇ τῶν σπαρτῶν διατάσει dub. l. in Alciphr. 2.4.15.

= σπαρτίον III, Gal. 12.129.

II plumbline

= στάθμη, plumbline, Hsch.: cf. σπάρτος II.2.

In the wild

σπάρτα · sparta Iliad 2.135
σπάρτα · sparta Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.15 (DIORISIS sentence 1936)

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σπάρτη (scan p. 1053; entry #7495).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σπάρτη (scan p. 1730; entry #5298).

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