σῖμος
See also: σιμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sîː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mos/
Noun
σῖμος • (sîmos) m (genitive σῑ́μου); second declension
- an unknown kind of fish
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σῖμος ho sîmos |
τὼ σῑ́μω tṑ sī́mō |
οἱ σῖμοι hoi sîmoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῑ́μου toû sī́mou |
τοῖν σῑ́μοιν toîn sī́moin |
τῶν σῑ́μων tôn sī́mōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῑ́μῳ tōî sī́mōi |
τοῖν σῑ́μοιν toîn sī́moin |
τοῖς σῑ́μοις toîs sī́mois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σῖμον tòn sîmon |
τὼ σῑ́μω tṑ sī́mō |
τοὺς σῑ́μους toùs sī́mous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῖμε sîme |
σῑ́μω sī́mō |
σῖμοι sîmoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲥⲩⲙⲟⲥ (sumos)
- → Arabic: شموس
References
- “σῖμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σῖμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth (1928) “On Egyptian Fish-Names used by Greek Writers”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 14, , page 32