σανίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is common to other technical terms like δοκίς (dokís, “beam”), ἀρίς (arís, “bow-drill”) and σελίς (selís, “crossbeam”) but the origin is uncertain. According to Beekes, the connection with σαίνω (saínō, “to fawn”) should be rejected for semantic reasons.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.nís/ → /saˈnis/ → /saˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/

Noun

σᾰνίς • (sănís) f (genitive σᾰνίδος); third declension

1. board, plank, timber
   1. (in the plural) folding doors
   2. wooden platform, scaffold or stage
   3. ship's deck
   4. bench, seat
   5. lid of box
   6. (in the plural) wooden tablets for writing on
   7. plank to which offenders were bound or nailed

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σᾰνῐ́ς; τῆς σᾰνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰνῐ́ς hē sănĭ́s	τὼ σᾰνῐ́δε tṑ sănĭ́de	αἱ σᾰνῐ́δες hai sănĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σᾰνῐ́δος tês sănĭ́dos	τοῖν σᾰνῐ́δοιν toîn sănĭ́doin	τῶν σᾰνῐ́δων tôn sănĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σᾰνῐ́δῐ têi sănĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σᾰνῐ́δοιν toîn sănĭ́doin	ταῖς σᾰνῐ́σῐ / σᾰνῐ́σῐν taîs sănĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σᾰνῐ́δᾰ tḕn sănĭ́dă	τὼ σᾰνῐ́δε tṑ sănĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σᾰνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s sănĭ́dăs
Vocative	σᾰνῐ́ς sănĭ́s	σᾰνῐ́δε sănĭ́de	σᾰνῐ́δες sănĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• σανίδιον (sanídion)
• σανιδόω (sanidóō)
• σανιδώδης (sanidṓdēs)
• σανίδωμα (sanídōma)
• σανιδωτός (sanidōtós)
• σανίσκη (sanískē)

Descendants

• Greek: σανίδα (sanída)
• → Medieval Latin: sandones

Further reading

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