σίκερα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Septuagint rendition of Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār), used to refer to strong drinks, from Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ce.ra/ → /ˈsi.ce.ra/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ke.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ce.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ce.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ce.ra/

Noun

σίκερα • (síkera) n (indeclinable)

1. A fermented liquor, a strong drink

Descendants

• → Latin: sīcera

Further reading

• “σίκερα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίκερα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN