σιγαλόεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a theoretical Luwian 𒊺𒄭𒇷 (še-ḫe-li /⁠šeḫeli-⁠/, “clean”) or Hittite 𒊺𒄭𒇷 (še-ḫe-li /⁠šeḫeli-⁠/, “clean”) forms not yet attested in the available corpus resources, itself from the attested Hurrian 𒅆𒄩𒀀𒆷 (ši-ḫa-a-la /⁠šeḫala-, šiḫala-, šiḫāla⁠/, “clean”), from Sumerian 𒂖 (sikil, “pure”), borrowed also into Akkadian 𒋗𒈛𒄩 (šu.luḫ.ḫa /⁠šuluḫḫu⁠/, “purification rite”). Possibly also distantly related to Ugaritic 𐎒𐎃𐎍 (sḫl, “gemstone grinder, polisher, engraver”), and possibly Arabic سَحَلَ (saḥala, “to trim smooth, to scrap or rub off, to file or pare”), although this has cognate with Akkadian 𒊓𒄩𒈝 (sa-ḫa-lum /⁠saḫālu⁠/, “to pierce or stab; hence to engrave or chisel into”), possibly an early instance of phono-semantic matching with the proto-Semitic sense, to cut smooth and the Sumerian being clean; to make a stone shining.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.ɡa.ló.eːs/ → /si.ɣaˈlo.is/ → /si.ɣaˈlo.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.ɡa.ló.eːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.ɡaˈlo.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.ɣaˈlo.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.ɣaˈlo.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.ɣaˈlo.is/

Adjective

σῑγᾰλόεις • (sīgalóeis) m (feminine σῑγᾰλόεσσα, neuter σῑγᾰλόεν); first/third declension

1. (Epic) shining, glittering, glistening

Declension

First and third declension of σῑγᾰλόεις; σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰ; σῑγᾰλόεν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σῑγᾰλόεις sīgalóeis	σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰ sīgalóessa	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen		σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱ sīgaloéssā	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente		σῑγᾰλόεντες sīgalóentes	σῑγᾰλόεσσαι sīgalóessai	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta
Genitive		σῑγᾰλόεντος sīgalóentos	σῑγᾰλοέσσης sīgaloéssēs	σῑγᾰλόεντος sīgalóentos		σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin	σῑγᾰλοέσσαιν / σῑγᾰλοέσσαιῐν / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃῐν sīgaloéssai(i)n / sīgaloéssēiin	σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin		σῑγᾰλοέντων sīgaloéntōn	σῑγᾰλοεσσᾱ́ων / σῑγᾰλοεσσέ͜ων / σῑγᾰλοεσσῶν sīgaloessā́ōn / sīgaloessé͜ōn / sīgaloessôn	σῑγᾰλοέντων sīgaloéntōn
Dative		σῑγᾰλόεντῐ sīgalóenti	σῑγᾰλοέσσῃ sīgaloéssēi	σῑγᾰλόεντῐ sīgalóenti		σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin	σῑγᾰλοέσσαιν / σῑγᾰλοέσσαιῐν / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃῐν sīgaloéssai(i)n / sīgaloéssēiin	σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin		σῑγᾰλόεισῐ / σῑγᾰλόεισῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐν sīgalóeisi(n) / sīgaloéntessi(n) / sīgaloéntesi(n)	σῑγᾰλοέσσῃσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃσῐν / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃς / σῑγᾰλοέσσαις sīgaloéssēisi(n) / sīgaloéssēis / sīgaloéssais	σῑγᾰλόεισῐ / σῑγᾰλόεισῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐν sīgalóeisi(n) / sīgaloéntessi(n) / sīgaloéntesi(n)
Accusative		σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta	σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰν sīgalóessan	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen		σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱ sīgaloéssā	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente		σῑγᾰλόεντᾰς sīgalóentas	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱς sīgaloéssās	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta
Vocative		σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen	σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰ sīgalóessa	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen		σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱ sīgaloéssā	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente		σῑγᾰλόεντες sīgalóentes	σῑγᾰλόεσσαι sīgalóessai	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σῑγᾰλοέντως sīgaloéntōs				σῑγᾰλοέστερος sīgaloésteros				σῑγᾰλοέστᾰτος sīgaloéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• σῑγᾰλόω (sīgalóō)

Further reading

• “σιγαλόεις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σιγαλόεις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “σιγαλόεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies‎^[1], volume 94, →DOI, page 153