σίντης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σίνομαι (sínomai, “to harm, hurt”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sín.tɛːs/ → /ˈsin.tis/ → /ˈsin.dis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sín.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.dis/

Noun

σῐ́ντης • (sĭ́ntēs) m (genitive σῐ́ντου); second declension

1. ravening, predation
2. pillager, looter, spoiler

Declension

First declension of ὁ σῐ́ντης; τοῦ σῐ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῐ́ντης ho sĭ́ntēs	τὼ σῐ́ντᾱ tṑ sĭ́ntā	οἱ σῐ́νται hoi sĭ́ntai
Genitive	τοῦ σῐ́ντου toû sĭ́ntou	τοῖν σῐ́νταιν toîn sĭ́ntain	τῶν σῐντῶν tôn sĭntôn
Dative	τῷ σῐ́ντῃ tôi sĭ́ntēi	τοῖν σῐ́νταιν toîn sĭ́ntain	τοῖς σῐ́νταις toîs sĭ́ntais
Accusative	τὸν σῐ́ντην tòn sĭ́ntēn	τὼ σῐ́ντᾱ tṑ sĭ́ntā	τοὺς σῐ́ντᾱς toùs sĭ́ntās
Vocative	σῐ́ντᾰ sĭ́ntă	σῐ́ντᾱ sĭ́ntā	σῐ́νται sĭ́ntai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σίντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σίντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σίντης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σίντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σίντης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963