Σίμων
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from σῑμός (sīmós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sí.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/
Proper noun
Σῐ́μων • (Símōn) m (genitive Σῐ́μωνος); third declension
- Simon or Simo, a common Ancient Greek name held by one of the Telchines and often used as a Greek counterpart to the Hebrew שמעון (cf. Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn)).
- The name of a throw of the dice.
Inflection
Derived terms
- Σῐμωνῐ́δης (Simōnídēs)
Descendants
- Greek: Σίμων (Símon), Σίμωνας (Símonas)
- → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔼𐕌𐕒𐕎 (simon)
- → Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽 (seimōn)
- → Latin: Simōn, Simō
- → Old Armenian: Սիմովն (Simovn)
- → Russian: Си́мон (Símon)
References
- “Σίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4613 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025