σιγαλόεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a theoretical Luwian 𒊺𒄭𒇷 (še-ḫe-li /⁠šeḫeli-⁠/, “clean”) or Hittite 𒊺𒄭𒇷 (še-ḫe-li /⁠šeḫeli-⁠/, “clean”) forms not yet attested in the available corpus resources, itself from the attested Hurrian 𒅆𒄩𒀀𒆷 (ši-ḫa-a-la /⁠šeḫala-, šiḫala-, šiḫāla⁠/, “clean”), from Sumerian 𒂖 (sikil, “pure”), borrowed also into Akkadian 𒋗𒈛𒄩 (šu.luḫ.ḫa /⁠šuluḫḫu⁠/, “purification rite”). Possibly also distantly related to Ugaritic 𐎒𐎃𐎍 (sḫl, “gemstone grinder, polisher, engraver”), and possibly Arabic سَحَلَ (saḥala, “to trim smooth, to scrap or rub off, to file or pare”), although this has cognate with Akkadian 𒊓𒄩𒈝 (sa-ḫa-lum /⁠saḫālu⁠/, “to pierce or stab; hence to engrave or chisel into”), possibly an early instance of phono-semantic matching with the proto-Semitic sense, to cut smooth and the Sumerian being clean; to make a stone shining.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.ɡa.ló.eːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.ɡaˈlo.is/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.ɣaˈlo.is/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.ɣaˈlo.is/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.ɣaˈlo.is/

Adjective

σῑγᾰλόεις • (sīgalóeis) m (feminine σῑγᾰλόεσσα, neuter σῑγᾰλόεν); first/third declension

(Epic) shining, glittering, glistening

Declension

First and third declension of σῑγᾰλόεις; σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰ; σῑγᾰλόεν (Epic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σῑγᾰλόεις sīgalóeis	σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰ sīgalóessa	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱ sīgaloéssā	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλόεντες sīgalóentes	σῑγᾰλόεσσαι sīgalóessai	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta
Genitive	σῑγᾰλόεντος sīgalóentos	σῑγᾰλοέσσης sīgaloéssēs	σῑγᾰλόεντος sīgalóentos	σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin	σῑγᾰλοέσσαιν / σῑγᾰλοέσσαιῐν / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃῐν sīgaloéssai(i)n / sīgaloéssēiin	σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin	σῑγᾰλοέντων sīgaloéntōn	σῑγᾰλοεσσᾱ́ων / σῑγᾰλοεσσέ͜ων / σῑγᾰλοεσσῶν sīgaloessā́ōn / sīgaloessé͜ōn / sīgaloessôn	σῑγᾰλοέντων sīgaloéntōn
Dative	σῑγᾰλόεντῐ sīgalóenti	σῑγᾰλοέσσῃ sīgaloéssēi	σῑγᾰλόεντῐ sīgalóenti	σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin	σῑγᾰλοέσσαιν / σῑγᾰλοέσσαιῐν / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃῐν sīgaloéssai(i)n / sīgaloéssēiin	σῑγᾰλοέντοιῐν sīgaloéntoiin	σῑγᾰλόεισῐ / σῑγᾰλόεισῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐν sīgalóeisi(n) / sīgaloéntessi(n) / sīgaloéntesi(n)	σῑγᾰλοέσσῃσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃσῐν / σῑγᾰλοέσσῃς / σῑγᾰλοέσσαις sīgaloéssēisi(n) / sīgaloéssēis / sīgaloéssais	σῑγᾰλόεισῐ / σῑγᾰλόεισῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσσῐν / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐ / σῑγᾰλοέντεσῐν sīgalóeisi(n) / sīgaloéntessi(n) / sīgaloéntesi(n)
Accusative	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta	σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰν sīgalóessan	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱ sīgaloéssā	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰς sīgalóentas	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱς sīgaloéssās	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta
Vocative	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen	σῑγᾰλόεσσᾰ sīgalóessa	σῑγᾰλόεν sīgalóen	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλοέσσᾱ sīgaloéssā	σῑγᾰλόεντε sīgalóente	σῑγᾰλόεντες sīgalóentes	σῑγᾰλόεσσαι sīgalóessai	σῑγᾰλόεντᾰ sīgalóenta
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σῑγᾰλοέντως sīgaloéntōs			σῑγᾰλοέστερος sīgaloésteros			σῑγᾰλοέστᾰτος sīgaloéstatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

σῑγᾰλόω (sīgalóō)