According to Herodotus and Aristotle, the word is Cyprian, whereas someone else says it's Scythian. The word resembles the ethnonym Σιγύνναι (Sigúnnai), a people of Iranian (Scythian) descent. According to Beekes, due to the presence of alternative forms, the word can be of Pre-Greek origin. The similarity with σιβύνη (sibúnē, “spear”) is only coincidental.
σιγύνης • (sigúnēs) m (genitive σιγύνου); first declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σιγύνης ho sigúnēs |
τὼ σιγύνᾱ tṑ sigúnā |
οἱ σιγύναι hoi sigúnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σιγύνου toû sigúnou |
τοῖν σιγύναιν toîn sigúnain |
τῶν σιγυνῶν tôn sigunôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σιγύνῃ tôi sigúnēi |
τοῖν σιγύναιν toîn sigúnain |
τοῖς σιγύναις toîs sigúnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σιγύνην tòn sigúnēn |
τὼ σιγύνᾱ tṑ sigúnā |
τοὺς σιγύνᾱς toùs sigúnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σιγύνη sigúnē |
σιγύνᾱ sigúnā |
σιγύναι sigúnai | ||||||||||
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