Σικανός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A Proto-Indo-European tribe of uncertain, possibly Ancient Ligurian affiliation, the Sicani's language is the earliest recorded stratum in Sicily. More at Sicani. Also compare Σικελός (Sikelós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /si.kaː.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /si.kaˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /si.kaˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /si.kaˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.kaˈnos/
Noun
Σῐκᾱνός • (Sĭkānós) m (genitive Σῐκᾱνοῦ); second declension
- a Sican or Sicanian (one of the Sicani)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thucydides to this entry?)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Σῐκᾱνός ho Sĭkānós |
τὼ Σῐκᾱνώ tṑ Sĭkānṓ |
οἱ Σῐκᾱνοί hoi Sĭkānoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σῐκᾱνοῦ toû Sĭkānoû |
τοῖν Σῐκᾱνοῖν toîn Sĭkānoîn |
τῶν Σῐκᾱνῶν tôn Sĭkānôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σῐκᾱνῷ tōî Sĭkānōî |
τοῖν Σῐκᾱνοῖν toîn Sĭkānoîn |
τοῖς Σῐκᾱνοῖς toîs Sĭkānoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σῐκᾱνόν tòn Sĭkānón |
τὼ Σῐκᾱνώ tṑ Sĭkānṓ |
τοὺς Σῐκᾱνούς toùs Sĭkānoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῐκᾱνέ Sĭkāné |
Σῐκᾱνώ Sĭkānṓ |
Σῐκᾱνοί Sĭkānoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Sĭkānĭ́ā)
- Σῐκᾱνῐκός (Sĭkānĭkós)
Descendants
References
- “Σικανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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