σιαγών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σιηγών (siēgṓn) — Ionic

Etymology

Connection with ψίομαι (psíomai, “to chew”) is semantically attractive, but the formation is quite unclear. Since an Indo-European origin is formally hardly possible, the word could well be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.aː.ɡɔ̌ːn/ → /si.aˈɣon/ → /si.aˈɣon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.aː.ɡɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.aˈɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.aˈɣon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.aˈɣon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.aˈɣon/

Noun

σῐᾱγών • (sĭāgṓn) f (genitive σῐᾱγόνος); third declension

1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone, maxilla

   Synonyms: γαμφηλαί (gamphēlaí), γνάθος (gnáthos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῐᾱγών; τῆς σῐᾱγόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐᾱγών hē sĭāgṓn	τὼ σῐᾱγόνε tṑ sĭāgóne	αἱ σῐᾱγόνες hai sĭāgónes
Genitive	τῆς σῐᾱγόνος tês sĭāgónos	τοῖν σῐᾱγόνοιν toîn sĭāgónoin	τῶν σῐᾱγόνων tôn sĭāgónōn
Dative	τῇ σῐᾱγόνῐ têi sĭāgónĭ	τοῖν σῐᾱγόνοιν toîn sĭāgónoin	ταῖς σῐᾱγόσῐ / σῐᾱγόσῐν taîs sĭāgósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῐᾱγόνᾰ tḕn sĭāgónă	τὼ σῐᾱγόνε tṑ sĭāgóne	τᾱ̀ς σῐᾱγόνᾰς tā̀s sĭāgónăs
Vocative	σῐᾱγών sĭāgṓn	σῐᾱγόνε sĭāgóne	σῐᾱγόνες sĭāgónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιαγόνιον (siagónion)
• σιαγονίτης (siagonítēs)

Descendants

• Greek: σιαγόνα (siagóna)
• → Latin: siāgonēs

Further reading

• “σιαγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σιαγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σιαγών 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