Σίγειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σῑ́γεον (Sī́geon)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sǐː.ɡeː.on/ → /ˈsi.ʝi.on/ → /ˈsi.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sǐː.ɡeː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ʝi.on/

Proper noun

Σῑ́γειον • (Sī́geion) n (genitive Σῑγείου); second declension

1. Sigeum

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Σῑ́γειον; τοῦ Σῑγείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Σῑ́γειον tò Sī́geion
Genitive	τοῦ Σῑγείου toû Sīgeíou
Dative	τῷ Σῑγείῳ tôi Sīgeíōi
Accusative	τὸ Σῑ́γειον tò Sī́geion
Vocative	Σῑ́γειον Sī́geion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σῑγειεύς (Sīgeieús)

Descendants

• Greek: Σίγειο (Sígeio)
• Latin: Sīgēum

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Σίγειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette