Σάϊς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Egyptian (zꜣy, “Sais”), from earlier (zꜣw), probably ultimately from the verb (zꜣw, “to guard, to protect”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.is/ → /ˈsa.is/ → /ˈsa.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.is/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/

Proper noun

Σάϊς • (Sáïs) f (genitive Σάεως); third declension

1. Sais, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σάϊς; τῆς Σάεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σάϊς hē Sáïs
Genitive	τῆς Σάεως tês Sáeōs
Dative	τῇ Σάει têi Sáei
Accusative	τὴν Σάϊν tḕn Sáïn
Vocative	Σάϊ Sáï
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σαΐτης (Saḯtēs)
• Σαϊτικός (Saïtikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σάις (Sáis)
• → Latin: Saïs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 420.1
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 182