Σικανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Proto-Indo-European tribe of uncertain, possibly Ancient Ligurian affiliation, the Sicani's language is the earliest recorded stratum in Sicily. More at Sicani. Also compare Σικελός (Sikelós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.kaː.nós/ → /si.kaˈnos/ → /si.kaˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.kaː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈnos/

Noun

Σῐκᾱνός • (Sĭkānós) m (genitive Σῐκᾱνοῦ); second declension

1. a Sican or Sicanian (one of the Sicani)

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Declension

Second declension of ὁ Σῐκᾱνός; τοῦ Σῐκᾱνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σῐκᾱνός ho Sĭkānós	τὼ Σῐκᾱνώ tṑ Sĭkānṓ	οἱ Σῐκᾱνοί hoi Sĭkānoí
Genitive	τοῦ Σῐκᾱνοῦ toû Sĭkānoû	τοῖν Σῐκᾱνοῖν toîn Sĭkānoîn	τῶν Σῐκᾱνῶν tôn Sĭkānôn
Dative	τῷ Σῐκᾱνῷ tôi Sĭkānôi	τοῖν Σῐκᾱνοῖν toîn Sĭkānoîn	τοῖς Σῐκᾱνοῖς toîs Sĭkānoîs
Accusative	τὸν Σῐκᾱνόν tòn Sĭkānón	τὼ Σῐκᾱνώ tṑ Sĭkānṓ	τοὺς Σῐκᾱνούς toùs Sĭkānoús
Vocative	Σῐκᾱνέ Sĭkāné	Σῐκᾱνώ Sĭkānṓ	Σῐκᾱνοί Sĭkānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Sĭkānĭ́ā)
• Σῐκᾱνῐκός (Sĭkānĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σικανός (Sikanós)
• Latin: Sicānus
  • English: Sican
  • Italian: sicano
  • Sicilian: sicanu

References

• “Σικανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Aapologetico de la literatura española contra los opiniones"

Further reading

• Sicani on Wikipedia.Wikipedia