Σίδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The name may be from Anatolian, but it is also formally equivalent to σίδη (sídē, “pomegranate”). Both the city and fruit could be from this Anatolian language and of the same meaning.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.dɛː/ → /ˈsi.ði/ → /ˈsi.ði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.dɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.de̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ði/

Proper noun

Σῐ́δη • (Sídē) f (genitive Σῐ́δης); first declension

1. Side (an ancient city, archaeological site, and modern town in modern Antalya province, Turkey, on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Σῐ́δη; τῆς Σῐ́δης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῐ́δη hē Sídē
Genitive	τῆς Σῐ́δης tês Sídēs
Dative	τῇ Σῐ́δῃ têi Sídēi
Accusative	τὴν Σῐ́δην tḕn Sídēn
Vocative	Σῐ́δη Sídē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Sidē
  • English: Side