συρικόν

See also: Συρικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a neuter substantivization of Συρικός (Surikós, “Syrian”), but more likely altered by folk etymology to resemble it, and actually borrowed from an eastern source such as Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn) or its source, Classical Persian (zargōn)/Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭 (zlgʿn /⁠zargōn⁠/, “red lead”), from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (“gold”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.ri.kón/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.riˈkon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.riˈkon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.riˈkon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.riˈkon/

Noun

σῠρῐκόν • (sŭrĭkón) n (genitive σῠρῐκοῦ); second declension

red lead

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σῠρῐκόν; τοῦ σῠρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ σῠρῐκόν tò sŭrĭkón
Genitive	τοῦ σῠρῐκοῦ toû sŭrĭkoû
Dative	τῷ σῠρῐκῷ tōî sŭrĭkōî
Accusative	τὸ σῠρῐκόν tò sŭrĭkón
Vocative	σῠρῐκόν sŭrĭkón
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

σάνδυξ (sándux)

Descendants

→ Arabic: إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), سِرِنْج (sirinj), أُسْرُنْج (ʔusrunj)
- → Persian: اسرنج