Σισαμάκης
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Σισιμάκης (Sisimákēs)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Persian *Čiçamaga- (literally “with shining gifts”),[1] from *čiça- (“shining, splendid”) + *maga- (“gift, present”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /si.sa.má.kɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /si.saˈma.ke̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /si.saˈma.cis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /si.saˈma.cis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.saˈma.cis/
Proper noun edit
Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κης • (Sisamákēs) m (genitive Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Sisamaces, a Persian commander mentioned by Herodotus
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κης ho Sisamákēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κου toû Sisamákou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κῃ tôi Sisamákēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κην tòn Sisamákēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σῐσᾰμᾰ́κη Sisamákē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Latin: Sisamacēs
Further reading edit
- Σισαμάκης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 72