Σικυών
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- Σεκυών (Sekuṓn)
Etymology
editFormally identical to σικυών (sikuṓn, “cucumber bed”). However, there is no variant form **σεκυ- to complement Σεκυών (Sekuṓn), with the exception of a form σεκούα in Hesychius.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /si.ky.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /si.kyˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /si.cyˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /si.cyˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.ciˈon/
Proper noun
editΣῐκῠών • (Sikuṓn) m or f (genitive Σῐκῠῶνος); third declension
Usage notes
editAccording to Strabo, the original name of the town was Αἰγιαλεῖς (Aigialeîs), followed by Μηκώνη (Mēkṓnē). The native name of the town was Σεκυών (Sekuṓn).
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ Σῐκῠών ho, hē Sikuṓn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς Σῐκῠῶνος toû, tês Sikuônos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ Σῐκῠῶνῐ tôi, têi Sikuôni | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν Σῐκῠῶνᾰ tòn, tḕn Sikuôna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σῐκῠών Sikuṓn | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Σικυώνιος (Sikuṓnios)
- Σικυωνικός (Sikuōnikós)
- Σικυώνοθε (Sikuṓnothe)
Descendants
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- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders
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