σίαλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably an onomatopoeic word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sí.a.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsi.a.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.a.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.a.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.a.lon/
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Noun
σίαλον • (síalon) n (genitive σιάλου); second declension
- spittle, saliva
- synovial fluid
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ σίαλον; τοῦ σιάλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σίαλον tò síalon | τὼ σιάλω tṑ siálō | τᾰ̀ σίαλᾰ tà síala | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σιάλου toû siálou | τοῖν σιάλοιν toîn siáloin | τῶν σιάλων tôn siálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σιάλῳ tôi siálōi | τοῖν σιάλοιν toîn siáloin | τοῖς σιάλοις toîs siálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σίαλον tò síalon | τὼ σιάλω tṑ siálō | τᾰ̀ σίαλᾰ tà síala | ||||||||||
Vocative | σίαλον síalon | σιάλω siálō | σίαλᾰ síala | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σιαλίζω (sialízō)
- σιαλίς (sialís)
- σιαλισμός (sialismós)
- σιαλιστήριον (sialistḗrion)
- σιαλοποιός (sialopoiós)
- σιαλώδης (sialṓdēs)
Further reading
- σίαλον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σίαλον 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