Σείριος

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Assuming an original meaning "sparkling, flickering", the word has been connected with σείω (seíō, “to shake”), which is compared to a verb "to be excited, sparkle, gleam" in Sanskrit त्विष् (tviṣ, “brilliance, glitter”), त्वेष (tveṣa, “vehement; brilliant”) and especially Avestan 𐬚𐬡𐬌𐬯𐬭𐬀 (θβisra, “glitter”). The basis for the Greek form would then be *tweys-ro- or *twis-ro-. Furnée compares τίριος (tírios, “Cretan word for summer”); if correct the word could be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sěː.ri.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/

Proper noun edit

Σείρῐος • (Seírios) m (genitive Σειρίου); second declension

Sirius, the dog star.

Inflection edit

Second declension of ὁ Σείριος; τοῦ Σειρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σείριος ho Seírios
Genitive	τοῦ Σειρίου toû Seiríou
Dative	τῷ Σειρίῳ tôi Seiríōi
Accusative	τὸν Σείριον tòn Seírion
Vocative	Σείριε Seírie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References edit

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