συρικόν

See also: Συρικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a neuter substantivization of Συρικός (Surikós, “Syrian”), but more likely altered by folk etymology to resemble it, and actually borrowed from an eastern source such as Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn) or its source, Classical Persian زرگون (zargōn)/Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭 (zlgʿn /⁠zargōn⁠/, “red lead”), from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (“gold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.ri.kón/ → /sy.riˈkon/ → /si.riˈkon/

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

Noun

σῠρῐκόν • (surikón) n (genitive σῠρῐκοῦ); second declension

1. red lead

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σῠρῐκόν; τοῦ σῠρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ σῠρῐκόν tò surikón
Genitive	τοῦ σῠρῐκοῦ toû surikoû
Dative	τῷ σῠρῐκῷ tôi surikôi
Accusative	τὸ σῠρῐκόν tò surikón
Vocative	σῠρῐκόν surikón
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• σάνδυξ (sándux)

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), سِرِنْج (sirinj), أُسْرُنْج (ʔusrunj)
  • → Persian: اسرنج

Further reading

• “συρικόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “συρικόν”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1057