Σισάμνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Čiçamanah- (literally “of brilliant mind”), from *čiça- (“shining, splendid”) + *manah- (“mind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.sám.nɛːs/ → /siˈsam.nis/ → /siˈsam.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.sám.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈsam.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈsam.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈsam.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈsam.nis/

Proper noun

Σῐσᾰ́μνης • (Sisámnēs) m (genitive Σῐσᾰ́μνου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Sisamnes, a Persian corrupt judge

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σῐσᾰ́μνης; τοῦ Σῐσᾰ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῐσᾰ́μνης ho Sisámnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σῐσᾰ́μνου toû Sisámnou
Dative	τῷ Σῐσᾰ́μνῃ tôi Sisámnēi
Accusative	τὸν Σῐσᾰ́μνην tòn Sisámnēn
Vocative	Σῐσᾰ́μνη Sisámnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sisamnēs

Further reading

• Σισάμνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette