Σισαμάκης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σισιμάκης (Sisimákēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Čiçamaga- (literally “with shining gifts”), from *čiça- (“shining, splendid”) + *maga- (“gift, present”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.sa.má.kɛːs/ → /si.saˈma.cis/ → /si.saˈma.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.sa.má.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.saˈma.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.saˈma.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.saˈma.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.saˈma.cis/

Proper noun

Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κης • (Sisamákēs) m (genitive Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Sisamaces, a Persian commander mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κης; τοῦ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κης ho Sisamákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κου toû Sisamákou
Dative	τῷ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κῃ tôi Sisamákēi
Accusative	τὸν Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κην tòn Sisamákēn
Vocative	Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κη Sisamákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sisamacēs

Further reading

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