Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

The word shares the formation with τυφλός (tuphlós, blind) and χωλός (khōlós, lame). Besides this word, there are also σιφνός (siphnós, empty, void) and σιπαλός (sipalós, blinded; maimed). Because of the variants σιφλ-/σιφν-/σιπαλ-, the word is probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation edit

 

Adjective edit

σῐφλός (siphlósm (feminine σῐφλή, neuter σῐφλόν); first/second declension

  1. crippled, maimed, lame
  2. mad, foolish, blinded
  3. porous, spongy, hollow

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit