σιρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σειρός (seirós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek as there's no connection with other words.

Pronunciation

The ι is short in some sources and long in others, thus:

 

• IPA^(key): /si.rós/ → /siˈros/ → /siˈros/

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

or

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.rós/ → /siˈros/ → /siˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈros/

Noun

σῑ̆ρός • (sīrós) m (genitive σῑ̆ροῦ); second declension

1. pit for storing grain
2. pitfall

   Synonym: λᾰ́πᾰθος (lápathos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σῑ̆ρός; τοῦ σῑ̆ροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῑ̆ρός ho sīrós	τὼ σῑ̆ρώ tṑ sīrṓ	οἱ σῑ̆ροί hoi sīroí
Genitive	τοῦ σῑ̆ροῦ toû sīroû	τοῖν σῑ̆ροῖν toîn sīroîn	τῶν σῑ̆ρῶν tôn sīrôn
Dative	τῷ σῑ̆ρῷ tôi sīrôi	τοῖν σῑ̆ροῖν toîn sīroîn	τοῖς σῑ̆ροῖς toîs sīroîs
Accusative	τὸν σῑ̆ρόν tòn sīrón	τὼ σῑ̆ρώ tṑ sīrṓ	τοὺς σῑ̆ρούς toùs sīroús
Vocative	σῑ̆ρέ sīré	σῑ̆ρώ sīrṓ	σῑ̆ροί sīroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιρομάστης (siromástēs)

Descendants

• → Latin: sīrus

References

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