σίσυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Furnée, from the same Pre-Greek root of σισύρα (sisúra) and σίσυρνα (sísurna).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.sys/ → /ˈsi.sys/ → /ˈsi.sis/

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

Noun

σῐ́σῠς • (sĭ́sŭs) m (genitive σῐ́σῠος); third declension

1. any coarse or cheap garment

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σῐ́σῠς; τοῦ σῐ́σῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῐ́σῠς ho sĭ́sŭs	τὼ σῐ́σῠε tṑ sĭ́sŭe	οἱ σῐ́σῠες hoi sĭ́sŭes
Genitive	τοῦ σῐ́σῠος toû sĭ́sŭos	τοῖν σῐσῠ́οιν toîn sĭsŭ́oin	τῶν σῐσῠ́ων tôn sĭsŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σῐ́σῠῐ̈ / σῐ́συι tôi sĭ́sŭĭ̈ / sĭ́sui	τοῖν σῐσῠ́οιν toîn sĭsŭ́oin	τοῖς σῐ́σῠσῐ / σῐ́σῠσῐν toîs sĭ́sŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν σῐ́σῠν tòn sĭ́sŭn	τὼ σῐ́σῠε tṑ sĭ́sŭe	τοὺς σῐ́σῡς / σῐ́σῠᾰς toùs sĭ́sūs / sĭ́sŭăs
Vocative	σῐ́σῠ sĭ́sŭ	σῐ́σῠε sĭ́sŭe	σῐ́σῠες sĭ́sŭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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