σίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῑ́δη (sī́dē, “pomegranate”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sǐː.di.on/ → /ˈsi.ði.on/ → /ˈsi.ði.on/

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

Noun

σῑ́δῐον • (sī́dion) n (genitive σῑδῐ́ου); second declension

1. pomegranate-peel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῑ́δῐον; τοῦ σῑδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑ́δῐον tò sī́dion	τὼ σῑδῐ́ω tṑ sīdíō	τᾰ̀ σῑ́δῐᾰ tà sī́dia
Genitive	τοῦ σῑδῐ́ου toû sīdíou	τοῖν σῑδῐ́οιν toîn sīdíoin	τῶν σῑδῐ́ων tôn sīdíōn
Dative	τῷ σῑδῐ́ῳ tôi sīdíōi	τοῖν σῑδῐ́οιν toîn sīdíoin	τοῖς σῑδῐ́οις toîs sīdíois
Accusative	τὸ σῑ́δῐον tò sī́dion	τὼ σῑδῐ́ω tṑ sīdíō	τᾰ̀ σῑ́δῐᾰ tà sī́dia
Vocative	σῑ́δῐον sī́dion	σῑδῐ́ω sīdíō	σῑ́δῐᾰ sī́dia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette