Σείριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Assuming an original meaning "sparkling, flickering", the word has been connected with σείω (seíō, “to shake”), which is compared to a verb "to be excited, sparkle, gleam" in Sanskrit त्विष् (tviṣ, “brilliance, glitter”), त्वेष (tveṣa, “vehement; brilliant”) and especially Avestan 𐬚𐬡𐬌𐬯𐬭𐬀 (θβisra, “glitter”). The basis for the Greek form would then be *tweys-ro- or *twis-ro-. Furnée compares τίριος (tírios, “Cretan word for summer”); if correct the word could be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sěː.ri.os/ → /ˈsi.ri.os/ → /ˈsi.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sěː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.os/

Proper noun

Σείρῐος • (Seírios) m (genitive Σειρίου); second declension

1. Sirius, the dog star.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σείριος; τοῦ Σειρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σείριος ho Seírios
Genitive	τοῦ Σειρίου toû Seiríou
Dative	τῷ Σειρίῳ tôi Seiríōi
Accusative	τὸν Σείριον tòn Seírion
Vocative	Σείριε Seírie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sīrius
  • → Afrikaans: Sirius
  • →⇒ Arabic: اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya)
  • → Armenian: Սիրիուս (Sirius)
  • → Catalan: Sírius
  • → Czech: Sirius
  • → Dutch: Sirius
  • → Esperanto: Siriuso
  • → Estonian: Siirius
  • → Faroese: Sirius
  • → Finnish: Sirius
  • → French: Sirius
  • → Georgian: სირიუსი (siriusi)
  • → German: Sirius
  • → Indonesian: Sirius
  • → Italian: Sirio
  • → Japanese: シリウス (Shiriusu)
  • → Korean: 시리우스 (siriuseu)
  • → Latvian: Sīriuss
  • → Lithuanian: Sirijus
  • → Malay: Sirius
  • → Polish: Syriusz
  • → Portuguese: Sírio
  • → Romanian: Sirius
  • → Russian: Си́риус (Sírius)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: Сиријус

    Roman: Sirius

  • → Spanish: Sirio
  • → Swedish: Sirius
  • → Thai: ซิริอุส, ⇒ ดาวซิริอุส
  • → Turkish: Sirius
  • → Ukrainian: Сіріус (Sirius)
  • → Vietnamese: Sirius
  • → Welsh: Siriws

References

• 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, →ISBN