σῖμος

See also: σιμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sîː.mos/ → /ˈsi.mos/ → /ˈsi.mos/

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

Noun

σῖμος • (sîmos) m (genitive σῑ́μου); second declension

1. an unknown kind of fish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σῖμος; τοῦ σῑ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῖμος ho sîmos	τὼ σῑ́μω tṑ sī́mō	οἱ σῖμοι hoi sîmoi
Genitive	τοῦ σῑ́μου toû sī́mou	τοῖν σῑ́μοιν toîn sī́moin	τῶν σῑ́μων tôn sī́mōn
Dative	τῷ σῑ́μῳ tôi sī́mōi	τοῖν σῑ́μοιν toîn sī́moin	τοῖς σῑ́μοις toîs sī́mois
Accusative	τὸν σῖμον tòn sîmon	τὼ σῑ́μω tṑ sī́mō	τοὺς σῑ́μους toùs sī́mous
Vocative	σῖμε sîme	σῑ́μω sī́mō	σῖμοι sîmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲥⲩⲙⲟⲥ (sumos)
  • → Arabic: شموس

References

• “σῖμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σῖμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth (1928) “On Egyptian Fish-Names used by Greek Writers”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 14, →DOI, page 32