Σαΐτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σάϊς (Sáïs, “Sais”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ǐː.tɛːs/ → /saˈi.tis/ → /saˈi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈi.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈi.tis/

Noun

Σαῑ̈́της • (Saī̈́tēs) m (genitive Σαΐτου); first declension

1. an inhabitant of Sais; a Saite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σαῑ̈́της; τοῦ Σαῑ̈́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σαῑ̈́της ho Saī̈́tēs	τὼ Σαῑ̈́τᾱ tṑ Saī̈́tā	οἱ Σαῗται hoi Saï̂tai
Genitive	τοῦ Σαῑ̈́του toû Saī̈́tou	τοῖν Σαῑ̈́ταιν toîn Saī̈́tain	τῶν Σαῑ̈τῶν tôn Saī̈tôn
Dative	τῷ Σαῑ̈́τῃ tôi Saī̈́tēi	τοῖν Σαῑ̈́ταιν toîn Saī̈́tain	τοῖς Σαῑ̈́ταις toîs Saī̈́tais
Accusative	τὸν Σαῑ̈́την tòn Saī̈́tēn	τὼ Σαῑ̈́τᾱ tṑ Saī̈́tā	τοὺς Σαῑ̈́τᾱς toùs Saī̈́tās
Vocative	Σαῗτᾰ Saï̂ta	Σαῑ̈́τᾱ Saī̈́tā	Σαῗται Saï̂tai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σαϊτικός (Saïtikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σαΐτης (Saḯtis)
• Latin: Saītēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024