σάλιο
Appearance
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek σάλιον (sálion), from an unattested *σιάλιον (*siálion, “saliva”) with elision of -ιά- (-iá-) > -ά- (-á-), itself a diminutive formation from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”), perhaps with some phonetic conflation from σίαλος (síalos, “fat pig; grease”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]σάλιο • (sálio) n (plural σάλια)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σάλιο (sálio) | σάλια (sália) |
| genitive | σάλιου (sáliou) | σάλιων (sálion) |
| accusative | σάλιο (sálio) | σάλια (sália) |
| vocative | σάλιο (sálio) | σάλια (sália) |
the genitive plural form is uncommon
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- σίελος (síelos)
References
[edit]- ^ σάλιο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1240
Further reading
[edit]- σάλιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
σάλιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el