σινδών

Ancient Greek

Possibly a loanword from Egyptian šnḏwt (“kilt”). Compare also Hebrew סָדִין (sadin, “bedsheet”).^[1]

σῐνδών • (sĭndṓn) f (genitive σῐνδόνος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ σῐνδών; τῆς σῐνδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐνδών hē sĭndṓn	τὼ σῐνδόνε tṑ sĭndóne	αἱ σῐνδόνες hai sĭndónes
Genitive	τῆς σῐνδόνος tês sĭndónos	τοῖν σῐνδόνοιν toîn sĭndónoin	τῶν σῐνδόνων tôn sĭndónōn
Dative	τῇ σῐνδόνῐ tēî sĭndónĭ	τοῖν σῐνδόνοιν toîn sĭndónoin	ταῖς σῐνδόσῐ / σῐνδόσῐν taîs sĭndósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῐνδόνᾰ tḕn sĭndónă	τὼ σῐνδόνε tṑ sĭndóne	τᾱ̀ς σῐνδόνᾰς tā̀s sĭndónăs
Vocative	σῐνδών sĭndṓn	σῐνδόνε sĭndóne	σῐνδόνες sĭndónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

⇒ Koine Greek: σινδόνιον (sindónion) (diminutive)
- Byzantine Greek: σεντόνι(ν) (sentóni(n))
  - Greek: σεντόνι (sentóni)
→ Latin: sindōn
→ Classical Syriac: ܣܕܘܢܐ

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σινδών, -όνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1333-4