Σίδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The name may be from Anatolian, but it is also formally equivalent to σίδη (sídē, “pomegranate”). Both the city and fruit could be from this Anatolian language and of the same meaning.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.dɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.de̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ði/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ði/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ði/

Proper noun

Σῐ́δη • (Sĭ́dē) f (genitive Σῐ́δης); first declension

Side (an ancient city, archaeological site, and modern town in modern Antalya Province, Turkey, on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Σῐ́δη; τῆς Σῐ́δης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῐ́δη hē Sĭ́dē
Genitive	τῆς Σῐ́δης tês Sĭ́dēs
Dative	τῇ Σῐ́δῃ tēî Sĭ́dēi
Accusative	τὴν Σῐ́δην tḕn Sĭ́dēn
Vocative	Σῐ́δη Sĭ́dē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Sidē
- English: Side

References

^ Ebelt, H. (2013). The Greatest Childhood in the Rubble in Berlin. United Kingdom: AuthorHouse, p. 187

[1] Ebelt, H. (2013). The Greatest Childhood in the Rubble in Berlin. United Kingdom: AuthorHouse, p. 187

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