σίαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, probably an onomatopoeic word. Compare Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.a.lon/ → /ˈsi.a.lon/ → /ˈsi.a.lon/

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

Noun

σίᾰλον • (síălon) n (genitive σῐάλου); second declension

1. spittle, saliva
2. synovial fluid

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῐ́ᾰλον; τοῦ σῐᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῐ́ᾰλον tò sĭ́ălon	τὼ σῐᾰ́λω tṑ sĭắlō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ᾰλᾰ tằ sĭ́ălă
Genitive	τοῦ σῐᾰ́λου toû sĭắlou	τοῖν σῐᾰ́λοιν toîn sĭắloin	τῶν σῐᾰ́λων tôn sĭắlōn
Dative	τῷ σῐᾰ́λῳ tôi sĭắlōi	τοῖν σῐᾰ́λοιν toîn sĭắloin	τοῖς σῐᾰ́λοις toîs sĭắlois
Accusative	τὸ σῐ́ᾰλον tò sĭ́ălon	τὼ σῐᾰ́λω tṑ sĭắlō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ᾰλᾰ tằ sĭ́ălă
Vocative	σῐ́ᾰλον sĭ́ălon	σῐᾰ́λω sĭắlō	σῐ́ᾰλᾰ sĭ́ălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιαλίζω (sialízō)
• σιαλίς (sialís)
• σιαλισμός (sialismós)
• σιαλιστήριον (sialistḗrion)
• σιαλοποιός (sialopoiós)
• σιαλώδης (sialṓdēs)

Further reading

• “σίαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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