Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

The formation is common to other technical terms like δοκίς (dokís, beam), ἀρίς (arís, bow-drill) and σελίς (selís, crossbeam) but the origin is uncertain. According to Beekes, the connection with σαίνω (saínō, to fawn) should be rejected for semantic reasons.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

σᾰνίς (sanísf (genitive σᾰνίδος); third declension

  1. board, plank, timber
    1. (in the plural) folding doors
    2. wooden platform, scaffold or stage
    3. ship's deck
    4. bench, seat
    5. lid of box
    6. (in the plural) wooden tablets for writing on
    7. plank to which offenders were bound or nailed

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: σανίδα (sanída)
  • Medieval Latin: sandones

Further reading edit

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