Σικανός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Proto-Indo-European tribe of uncertain, possibly Ancient Ligurian affiliation, the Sicani's language is the earliest recorded stratum in Sicily. More at Sicani. Also compare Σικελός (Sikelós).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Σῐκᾱνός • (Sikānós) m (genitive Σῐκᾱνοῦ); second declension

  1. a Sican or Sicanian (one of the Sicani)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Thucydides to this entry?)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Σῐκᾱνός; τοῦ Σῐκᾱνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Σῐκᾱνός
ho Sikānós 		τὼ Σῐκᾱνώ
tṑ Sikānṓ 		οἱ Σῐκᾱνοί
hoi Sikānoí
Genitive τοῦ Σῐκᾱνοῦ
toû Sikānoû 		τοῖν Σῐκᾱνοῖν
toîn Sikānoîn 		τῶν Σῐκᾱνῶν
tôn Sikānôn
Dative τῷ Σῐκᾱνῷ
tôi Sikānôi 		τοῖν Σῐκᾱνοῖν
toîn Sikānoîn 		τοῖς Σῐκᾱνοῖς
toîs Sikānoîs
Accusative τὸν Σῐκᾱνόν
tòn Sikānón 		τὼ Σῐκᾱνώ
tṑ Sikānṓ 		τοὺς Σῐκᾱνούς
toùs Sikānoús
Vocative Σῐκᾱνέ
Sikāné 		Σῐκᾱνώ
Sikānṓ 		Σῐκᾱνοί
Sikānoí
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Σικανός (Sikanós)
  • Latin: Sicānus

References

  • “Σικανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
  • Aapologetico de la literatura española contra los opiniones"

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