Σισιμίθρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Čiçamiθrah, from 𐎨𐎡𐏂 (c-i-ç /⁠čiçaʰ⁠/, “shining; appearance; lineage”) +‎ 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /⁠Miθraʰ⁠/, “Mithra”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.si.mí.tʰrɛːs/ → /si.siˈmi.θris/ → /si.siˈmi.θris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.si.mí.tʰrɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.siˈmi.tʰre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.siˈmi.θris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.siˈmi.θris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.siˈmi.θris/

Proper noun

Σῐσῐμῐ́θρης • (Sisimíthrēs) m (genitive Σῐσῐμῐ́θρου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Sisimithres, a Persian satrap

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σῐσῐμῐ́θρης; τοῦ Σῐσῐμῐ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῐσῐμῐ́θρης ho Sisimíthrēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σῐσῐμῐ́θρου toû Sisimíthrou
Dative	τῷ Σῐσῐμῐ́θρῃ tôi Sisimíthrēi
Accusative	τὸν Σῐσῐμῐ́θρην tòn Sisimíthrēn
Vocative	Σῐσῐμῐ́θρη Sisimíthrē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sisimithrēs

Further reading

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