σίντης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σίνομαι (sínomai, “to harm, hurt”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sín.tɛːs/ → /ˈsin.tis/ → /ˈsin.dis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sín.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.dis/

Noun

σῐ́ντης • (síntēs) m (genitive σῐ́ντου); second declension

1. ravening, predation
2. pillager, looter, spoiler

Declension

First declension of ὁ σῐ́ντης; τοῦ σῐ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῐ́ντης ho síntēs	τὼ σῐ́ντᾱ tṑ síntā	οἱ σῐ́νται hoi síntai
Genitive	τοῦ σῐ́ντου toû síntou	τοῖν σῐ́νταιν toîn síntain	τῶν σῐντῶν tôn sintôn
Dative	τῷ σῐ́ντῃ tôi síntēi	τοῖν σῐ́νταιν toîn síntain	τοῖς σῐ́νταις toîs síntais
Accusative	τὸν σῐ́ντην tòn síntēn	τὼ σῐ́ντᾱ tṑ síntā	τοὺς σῐ́ντᾱς toùs síntās
Vocative	σῐ́ντᾰ sínta	σῐ́ντᾱ síntā	σῐ́νται síntai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σίντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σίντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σίντης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σίντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σίντης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963