σίραιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from σειρόω (seiróō) or alternatively from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.rai̯.on/ → /ˈsi.rɛ.on/ → /ˈsi.re.on/

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

Noun

σῐ́ραιον • (sĭ́raion) n (genitive σῐραίου); second declension

1. boiled down new wine, often used as a syrup

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῐ́ραιον; τοῦ σῐραίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῐ́ραιον tò sĭ́raion	τὼ σῐραίω tṑ sĭraíō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ραιᾰ tằ sĭ́raiă
Genitive	τοῦ σῐραίου toû sĭraíou	τοῖν σῐραίοιν toîn sĭraíoin	τῶν σῐραίων tôn sĭraíōn
Dative	τῷ σῐραίῳ tôi sĭraíōi	τοῖν σῐραίοιν toîn sĭraíoin	τοῖς σῐραίοις toîs sĭraíois
Accusative	τὸ σῐ́ραιον tò sĭ́raion	τὼ σῐραίω tṑ sĭraíō	τᾰ̀ σῐ́ραιᾰ tằ sĭ́raiă
Vocative	σῐ́ραιον sĭ́raion	σῐραίω sĭraíō	σῐ́ραιᾰ sĭ́raiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σίραιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίραιον 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