σινδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a loanword from Egyptian šnḏwt (“kilt”). Compare also Hebrew סָדִין (sadin, “bedsheet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sin.dɔ̌ːn/ → /sinˈdon/ → /sinˈdon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sin.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sinˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sinˈdon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sinˈdon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sinˈdon/

Noun

σῐνδών • (sindṓn) f (genitive σῐνδόνος); third declension

1. fine linen cloth
2. garment of linen, muslin
3. cloth, sheet, veil made of linen

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῐνδών; τῆς σῐνδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐνδών hē sindṓn	τὼ σῐνδόνε tṑ sindóne	αἱ σῐνδόνες hai sindónes
Genitive	τῆς σῐνδόνος tês sindónos	τοῖν σῐνδόνοιν toîn sindónoin	τῶν σῐνδόνων tôn sindónōn
Dative	τῇ σῐνδόνῐ têi sindóni	τοῖν σῐνδόνοιν toîn sindónoin	ταῖς σῐνδόσῐ / σῐνδόσῐν taîs sindósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῐνδόνᾰ tḕn sindóna	τὼ σῐνδόνε tṑ sindóne	τᾱ̀ς σῐνδόνᾰς tā̀s sindónas
Vocative	σῐνδών sindṓn	σῐνδόνε sindóne	σῐνδόνες sindónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῐνδόνη (sindónē)
• σῐνδονοειδής (sindonoeidḗs)
• σῐνδονοπώλης (sindonopṓlēs)
• σῐνδονοφορέω (sindonophoréō)
• σῐνδονοφόρος (sindonophóros)
• σῐνδόνῐον (sindónion)
• σῐνδόνῐος (sindónios)
• σῐνδονῐ́σκος (sindonískos)
• σῐνδονῐᾰ́ζω (sindoniázō)
• σῐνδονῑ́της (sindonī́tēs)
• σῐνδονῠφής (sindonuphḗs)

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Koine Greek: σινδόνιον (sindónion) (diminutive)
  • Byzantine Greek: σεντόνι(ν) (sentóni(n))
    • Greek: σεντόνι (sentóni)
• → Latin: sindōn
• → Classical Syriac: ܣܕܘܢܐ

Further reading

• “σινδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σινδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σινδών 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