σίραιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from σειρόω (seiróō) or alternatively from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.rai̯.on/ → /ˈsi.rɛ.on/ → /ˈsi.re.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.rai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.re.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.re.on/

Noun

σῐ́ραιον • (síraion) n (genitive σῐραίου); second declension

1. boiled down new wine, often used as a syrup

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῐ́ραιον; τοῦ σῐραίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῐ́ραιον tò síraion	τὼ σῐραίω tṑ siraíō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ραιᾰ tà síraia
Genitive	τοῦ σῐραίου toû siraíou	τοῖν σῐραίοιν toîn siraíoin	τῶν σῐραίων tôn siraíōn
Dative	τῷ σῐραίῳ tôi siraíōi	τοῖν σῐραίοιν toîn siraíoin	τοῖς σῐραίοις toîs siraíois
Accusative	τὸ σῐ́ραιον tò síraion	τὼ σῐραίω tṑ siraíō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ραιᾰ tà síraia
Vocative	σῐ́ραιον síraion	σῐραίω siraíō	σῐ́ραιᾰ síraia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σίραιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίραιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN