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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Assuming an original meaning "sparkling, flickering", the word has been connected with σείω (seíō, “to shake”), which is compared to a verb "to be excited, sparkle, gleam" in Sanskrit त्विष् (tviṣ, “brilliance, glitter”), त्वेष (tveṣa, “vehement; brilliant”) and especially Avestan 𐬚𐬡𐬌𐬯𐬭𐬀 (θβisra, “glitter”). The basis for the Greek form would then be *tweys-ro- or *twis-ro-. Furnée compares τίριος (tírios, “Cretan word for summer”); if correct the word could be Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěː.ri.os/ → /ˈsi.ri.os/ → /ˈsi.ri.os/
Proper noun
Σείρῐος • (Seírios) m (genitive Σειρίου); second declension
- Sirius, the dog star.
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