Σιρομίτρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Srīramiθra- (literally “beautiful friend”), from *srīrā- (“beautiful”) + *miθra- (“friend”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.ro.mí.trɛːs/ → /si.roˈmi.tris/ → /si.roˈmi.tris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.ro.mí.trɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.roˈmi.tre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.roˈmi.tris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.roˈmi.tris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.roˈmi.tris/

Proper noun

Σῐρομῐ́τρης • (Sĭromĭ́trēs) m (genitive Σῐρομῐ́τρου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Siromitres, a Persian mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σῐρομῐ́τρης; τοῦ Σῐρομῐ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῐρομῐ́τρης ho Sĭromĭ́trēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σῐρομῐ́τρου toû Sĭromĭ́trou
Dative	τῷ Σῐρομῐ́τρῃ tôi Sĭromĭ́trēi
Accusative	τὸν Σῐρομῐ́τρην tòn Sĭromĭ́trēn
Vocative	Σῐρομῐ́τρη Sĭromĭ́trē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Siromitrēs

Further reading

• Σιρομίτρης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette