Σίνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῑ́νομαι (sī́nomai, “to plunder, pillage”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Σῐ́νῐς • (Sínis) m (genitive Σῐ́νῐδος); third declension

1. Sinis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σῐ́νῐς; τῆς Σῐ́νῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῐ́νῐς hē Sínis
Genitive	τῆς Σῐ́νῐδος tês Sínidos
Dative	τῇ Σῐ́νῐδῐ têi Sínidi
Accusative	τὴν Σῐ́νῐδᾰ tḕn Sínida
Vocative	Σῐ́νῐς Sínis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Σίνις (Sínis)
• Latin: Sinis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025