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 • (sī̆rós) m (genitive σῑ̆ροῦ); second declension

1. pit for storing grain
2. pitfall

   Synonym: λᾰ́πᾰθος (lắpăthos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σῑ̆ρός; τοῦ σῑ̆ροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῑ̆ρός ho sī̆rós	τὼ σῑ̆ρώ tṑ sī̆rṓ	οἱ σῑ̆ροί hoi sī̆roí
Genitive	τοῦ σῑ̆ροῦ toû sī̆roû	τοῖν σῑ̆ροῖν toîn sī̆roîn	τῶν σῑ̆ρῶν tôn sī̆rôn
Dative	τῷ σῑ̆ρῷ tôi sī̆rôi	τοῖν σῑ̆ροῖν toîn sī̆roîn	τοῖς σῑ̆ροῖς toîs sī̆roîs
Accusative	τὸν σῑ̆ρόν tòn sī̆rón	τὼ σῑ̆ρώ tṑ sī̆rṓ	τοὺς σῑ̆ρούς toùs sī̆roús
Vocative	σῑ̆ρέ sī̆ré	σῑ̆ρώ sī̆rṓ	σῑ̆ροί sī̆roí
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