Σίφνος

See also: σιφνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.pʰnos/ → /ˈsi.ɸnos/ → /ˈsi.fnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.pʰnos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.pʰnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɸnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fnos/

Proper noun

Σῐ́φνος • (Síphnos) f (genitive Σῐ́φνου); second declension

1. Siphnus; Sifnos, Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Σῐ́φνος; τῆς Σῐ́φνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῐ́φνος hē Síphnos
Genitive	τῆς Σῐ́φνου tês Síphnou
Dative	τῇ Σῐ́φνῳ têi Síphnōi
Accusative	τὴν Σῐ́φνον tḕn Síphnon
Vocative	Σῐ́φνε Síphne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῐφνῐᾰ́ζω (siphniázō)
• Σῐ́φνῐος (Síphnios)

Descendants

• Greek: Σίφνος (Sífnos)
• → Latin: Siphnos

References

• “Σίφνος”, 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
• Σίφνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette