σπορ-άς,άδος,ὁ,ἡ, mostly pl.,
A. scattered, Hdt. 4.113 ; of shipscatteredby a storm or a defeat, Th. 1.49 , 3.69 , 77 ;βουκολικαὶ Μοῖσαι ς. ποκά, i.e.not collectedinto a volume, AP 9.205 ( Artemid. );νησιώτης ς. βίοςavagrantlife, E. Rh. 701 (lyr.); so of men,σποράδες . . τὸ ἀρχαῖον ᾤκουν, i.e. not in communities, Arist. Pol. 1252b23 ; of birds, opp.ἀγελαῖος(cf.σποραδικός), Id. HA 617b21 ; ς. ἀστέρες
Id. Mete. 344a15
, cf. 346a20 ;λόγοι ς.unconnected, Plu. 2.431d ;ς. νᾶσοι scattered, not in a group, Pi. Pae. 5.38 , cf. D.S. 3.44 ; henceαἱ Σποράδεςthe islands off the west coast of Asia Minor, opp.αἱ Κυκλάδες, A.R. 4.1711 , Str. 2.5.21 ; of diseases,sporadic, opp. endemic, Hp. Acut. 5 (Littráσποράδεες, with cod. M).