σίαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word has been connected with Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, slobber”), Old English þwīnan (“to become weak”) and Proto-Slavic *tyti (“to become fat”) but all these proposals seem unconvincing. Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.a.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a.los/

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Noun

σίαλος • (síalos) m (genitive σιάλου); second declension

A porker, a fat pig
1. fat, grease

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σίαλος; τοῦ σιάλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σίαλος ho síalos	τὼ σιάλω tṑ siálō	οἱ σίαλοι hoi síaloi
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	τὸν σίαλον tòn síalon	τὼ σιάλω tṑ siálō	τοὺς σιάλους toùs siálous
Vocative	σίαλε síale	σιάλω siálō	σίαλοι síaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σιαλώδης (sialṓdēs)