σιφνιάζω
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Σίφνος (Síphnos, “Siphnos”) + -άζω (-ázō).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /si.pʰni.áz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /si.pʰniˈa.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /si.ɸniˈa.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /si.fniˈa.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.fniˈa.zo/
Verb edit
σιφνιάζω • (siphniázō)
- (literal) to act like a person from the island of Siphnos
- to engage in elaborate musical performances resembling those of Philoxenides of Siphnos
- (vulgar) to touch someone's buttocks with one's finger
Inflection edit
Present: σιφνιάζω, σιφνιάζομαι
Further reading edit
- σιφνιάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette