Σῖφαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sîː.pʰai̯/ → /ˈsi.ɸɛ/ → /ˈsi.fe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sîː.pʰai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.pʰɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɸɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fe/

Proper noun

Σῑ́φη • (Sī́phē) f (genitive Σῑφῶν); first declension

1. Siphae

Declension

First declension of αἱ Σῖφαι; τῶν Σῑφῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Σῖφαι hai Sîphai
Genitive	τῶν Σῑφῶν tôn Sīphôn
Dative	ταῖς Σῑ́φαις taîs Sī́phais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Σῑ́φᾱς tā̀s Sī́phās
Vocative	Σῖφαι Sîphai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σίφες (Sífes)
• Latin: Siphae

Further reading

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