σήσαμον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū, “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌𒄑 (šaman, “oil”) and 𒌑 (šammum, “plant”).
Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀭𐀭𐀔 (sa-sa-ma) (directly from Akkadian?).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛ̌ː.sa.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈse̝.sa.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.sa.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.sa.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.sa.mon/
Noun
σήσᾰμον • (sḗsamon) n (genitive σησᾰ́μου); second declension
- sesame
Declension
Second declension of τὸ σήσᾰμον; τοῦ σησᾰ́μου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σήσᾰμον tò sḗsamon | τὼ σησᾰ́μω tṑ sēsámō | τᾰ̀ σήσᾰμᾰ tà sḗsama | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σησᾰ́μου toû sēsámou | τοῖν σησᾰ́μοιν toîn sēsámoin | τῶν σησᾰ́μων tôn sēsámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σησᾰ́μῳ tôi sēsámōi | τοῖν σησᾰ́μοιν toîn sēsámoin | τοῖς σησᾰ́μοις toîs sēsámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σήσᾰμον tò sḗsamon | τὼ σησᾰ́μω tṑ sēsámō | τᾰ̀ σήσᾰμᾰ tà sḗsama | ||||||||||
Vocative | σήσᾰμον sḗsamon | σησᾰ́μω sēsámō | σήσᾰμᾰ sḗsama | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σησάμινος (sēsáminos)
- σησαμοειδές (sēsamoeidés)
- σησαμοειδής (sēsamoeidḗs)
Further reading
- “σήσαμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σήσαμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- sesame idem, page 756.