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Ancient Greek
Etymology
A technical term, with a formation similar to ἄμβων (ámbōn) and δόλων (dólōn), of uncertain origin. Possibly a non-Indo-European loan of sound-symbolic origin, particularly from a Mediterranean substrate language. Usually connected to Latin tībia (“shinbone; pipe, flute”), also of unclear origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǐː.pʰɔːn/ → /ˈsi.ɸon/ → /ˈsi.fon/
Noun
σῑ́φων • (sī́phōn) m (genitive σῑ́φωνος); third declension
- tube, pipe
- siphon, used for drawing wine out of the cask
- drainage tube for hydrocele
- service pipe for water in houses
- waterspout from the gutters of the roof
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σίφων, -ωνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1338
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tībia”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 619
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