σίαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, probably an onomatopoeic word. Compare Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.a.lon/ → /ˈsi.a.lon/ → /ˈsi.a.lon/

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

Noun

σίᾰλον • (síalon) n (genitive σῐάλου); second declension

1. spittle, saliva
2. synovial fluid

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῐ́ᾰλον; τοῦ σῐᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῐ́ᾰλον tò síalon	τὼ σῐᾰ́λω tṑ siálō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ᾰλᾰ tà síala
Genitive	τοῦ σῐᾰ́λου toû siálou	τοῖν σῐᾰ́λοιν toîn siáloin	τῶν σῐᾰ́λων tôn siálōn
Dative	τῷ σῐᾰ́λῳ tôi siálōi	τοῖν σῐᾰ́λοιν toîn siáloin	τοῖς σῐᾰ́λοις toîs siálois
Accusative	τὸ σῐ́ᾰλον tò síalon	τὼ σῐᾰ́λω tṑ siálō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ᾰλᾰ tà síala
Vocative	σῐ́ᾰλον síalon	σῐᾰ́λω siálō	σῐ́ᾰλᾰ síala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιαλίζω (sialízō)
• σιαλίς (sialís)
• σιαλισμός (sialismós)
• σιαλιστήριον (sialistḗrion)
• σιαλοποιός (sialopoiós)
• σιαλώδης (sialṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “σίαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN