σίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /síz.dɔː/ → /ˈsi.zo/ → /ˈsi.zo/

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

Verb

σῐ́ζω • (sízō)

1. to hiss, especially of the noise made by plunging hot metal into cold water, to which is compared the hissing of the Cyclops' eye when the burnt stake was thrust into it

Conjugation

   Present: σῐ́ζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	σῐ́ζω	σῐ́ζεις	σῐ́ζει	σῐ́ζετον	σῐ́ζετον	σῐ́ζομεν	σῐ́ζετε	σῐ́ζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	σῐ́ζω	σῐ́ζῃς	σῐ́ζῃ	σῐ́ζητον	σῐ́ζητον	σῐ́ζωμεν	σῐ́ζητε	σῐ́ζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	σῐ́ζοιμῐ	σῐ́ζοις	σῐ́ζοι	σῐ́ζοιτον	σῐζοίτην	σῐ́ζοιμεν	σῐ́ζοιτε	σῐ́ζοιεν
	imperative		σῐ́ζε	σῐζέτω	σῐ́ζετον	σῐζέτων		σῐ́ζετε	σῐζόντων
		active
infinitive		σῐ́ζειν
participle	m	σῐ́ζων
	f	σῐ́ζουσᾰ
	n	σῐ́ζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔσῐζον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔσῐζον	ἔσῐζες	ἔσῐζε(ν)	ἐσῐ́ζετον	ἐσῐζέτην	ἐσῐ́ζομεν	ἐσῐ́ζετε	ἔσῐζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• (perhaps) σῖγμᾰ (sîgma), σίγμᾰ (sígma)

References

• “σίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σίζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963