σιδηρίτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σῐδᾱρίτας (sidārítas) — Doric

Etymology

σῐ́δηρ(ος) (sídēr(os), “iron”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, masculine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.dɛː.rǐː.tɛːs/ → /si.ðiˈri.tis/ → /si.ðiˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.dɛː.rǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.de̝ˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.ðiˈri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.ðiˈri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.ðiˈri.tis/

Noun

σῐδηρῑ́της • (sidērī́tēs) m (genitive σῐδηρῑ́του); first declension, feminine: σῐδηρῖτῐς (sidērîtis) (also used as adjectives)

1. of iron, made of iron, done with iron
2. (mineralogy) a precious stone

   for sense "loadstone" see σῐδηρῖτῐς f (sidērîtis)

3. (botany, Hellenistic senses) name of various plants
   1. for sense "ironwort" see σῐδηρῖτῐς f (sidērîtis)
   2. also see the plants ἑλξίνη (helxínē), χαμαίπιτυς (khamaípitus), περιστερεὼν ὕπτιος (peristereṑn húptios)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σῐδηρῑ́της; τοῦ σῐδηρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῐδηρῑ́της ho sidērī́tēs	τὼ σῐδηρῑ́τᾱ tṑ sidērī́tā	οἱ σῐδηρῖται hoi sidērîtai
Genitive	τοῦ σῐδηρῑ́του toû sidērī́tou	τοῖν σῐδηρῑ́ταιν toîn sidērī́tain	τῶν σῐδηρῑτῶν tôn sidērītôn
Dative	τῷ σῐδηρῑ́τῃ tôi sidērī́tēi	τοῖν σῐδηρῑ́ταιν toîn sidērī́tain	τοῖς σῐδηρῑ́ταις toîs sidērī́tais
Accusative	τὸν σῐδηρῑ́την tòn sidērī́tēn	τὼ σῐδηρῑ́τᾱ tṑ sidērī́tā	τοὺς σῐδηρῑ́τᾱς toùs sidērī́tās
Vocative	σῐδηρῖτᾰ sidērîta	σῐδηρῑ́τᾱ sidērī́tā	σῐδηρῖται sidērîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Byzantine Greek: σιδηρίτης (sidērítēs) (inherited) with sense from σῐδηρῖτῐς f (sidērîtis)
• → Greek: σιδηρίτης (sidirítis) (learned) - also see σιδερίτης (siderítis)
• → Latin: sĭdērītes - and sĭdērītis from σῐδηρῖτῐς f (sidērîtis) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “σιδερίτης”, “σιδηρῖτις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “σιδηρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῐδηρῑ́της (sidērī́tēs, “of iron”) or learned borrowing from French sidérite, from Latin sideritis < Ancient Greek σῐδηρῖτῐς (sidērîtis), freminine of σῐδηρῑ́της (sidērī́tēs). By surface analysis, σίδηρ(ος) (sídir(os)) +‎ -ίτης (-ítis, suffix for masculines). Doublet of σιδερίτης (siderítis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ðiˈɾi.tis/ - compare to σιδερίτης (siderítis)
• Hyphenation: σι‧δε‧ρί‧της

Noun

σιδηρίτης • (sidirítis) m (plural σιδηρίτες)

1. (mineralogy) siderite

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	σιδηρίτης (sidirítis)	σιδηρίτες (sidirítes)
genitive	σιδηρίτη (sidiríti)	σιδηριτών (sidiritón)
accusative	σιδηρίτη (sidiríti)	σιδηρίτες (sidirítes)
vocative	σιδηρίτη (sidiríti)	σιδηρίτες (sidirítes)

Related terms

• σιδερίτης m (siderítis, “the Sideritis grapevine; Sideritis, ironwort”)
• compounds: varieties of siderite (mineralogy)
  • σφαιροσιδηρίτης m (sfairosidirítis)
  • φαρμακοσιδηρίτης m (farmakosidirítis)

• and see: σίδηρος m (sídiros) and σίδερο m (sídero)

Further reading

• σιδηρίτης - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
• σιδηρίτης - Πάπυρος–Λαρούς–Μπριτάννικα: Λεξικό της ελληνικής γλώσσας, αρχαίας - μεσαιωνικής - νέας, ερμηνευτικό - ετυμολογικό. [Papyros-Larousse-Britannica: Dictionary of Greek Language, ancient - medieval - modern, defining - etymological] (in Greek) vols.1-13. Athens: Papyros, 1981‑1994, edition: 2013 (v).