σίναπι

See also: σινάπι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νᾶπῠ (nâpu) — Attic
• σῐ́νᾱπῐς (sínāpis), σῐ́νηπῐ (sínēpi)
• σῐ́νᾱπῠ (sínāpu), σῐ́νηπῠ (sínēpu), σῐ́νηπῠς (sínēpus)

Etymology

Probably a loan from Demotic snwpt, but Beekes considers it Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.naː.pi/ → /ˈsi.na.pi/ → /ˈsi.na.pi/

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

Noun

σῐ́νᾱπῐ • (sínāpi) n (genitive σῐνᾱ́πεως); third declension

1. the mustard plant (Sinapis alba)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σῐ́νᾱπῐ; τοῦ σῐνᾱ́πεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῐ́νᾱπῐ tò sínāpi	τὼ σῐνᾱ́πει tṑ sinā́pei	τᾰ̀ σῐνᾱ́πη / σῐνᾱ́πεᾰ tà sinā́pē / sinā́pea
Genitive	τοῦ σῐνᾱ́πεως toû sinā́peōs	τοῖν σῐνᾱπέοιν toîn sināpéoin	τῶν σῐνᾱ́πεων tôn sinā́peōn
Dative	τῷ σῐνᾱ́πει tôi sinā́pei	τοῖν σῐνᾱπέοιν toîn sināpéoin	τοῖς σῐνᾱ́πεσῐ / σῐνᾱ́πεσῐν toîs sinā́pesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῐ́νᾱπῐ tò sínāpi	τὼ σῐνᾱ́πει tṑ sinā́pei	τᾰ̀ σῐνᾱ́πη / σῐνᾱ́πεᾰ tà sinā́pē / sinā́pea
Vocative	σῐ́νᾱπῐ sínāpi	σῐνᾱ́πει sinā́pei	σῐνᾱ́πη / σῐνᾱ́πεᾰ sinā́pē / sinā́pea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σινάπινος (sinápinos)

Descendants

• Greek: σινάπι (sinápi)
  • → Macedonian: синап (sinap)
• → Amharic: ሰናፍጭ (sänafəč̣č̣)
• →? Arabic: صِنَاب (ṣināb)
  • → Aragonese: senabe
  • → Catalan: senabre
  • → Spanish: jenabe, ajenabe, ajenabo, jenabo, jenable
• → Ge'ez: ስናፔ (sənappe), ሰናፔ (sänappe)
• → Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍀𐌹𐍃 (sinapis)
• → Latin: sināpi (see there for further descendants)
• → Samoan: sinapi
• → Tigrinya: ሰናፍጭ (sänafəč̣č̣)

References

• “σίναπι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίναπι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4615 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible