σιφνός

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See also: Σίφνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of σιφλός (siphlós, “crippled, lame”) and σιπαλός (sipalós, “blinded, maimed”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.pʰnós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈpʰnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈɸnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈfnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈfnos/

Adjective

σιφνός • (siphnós)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: κενός (kenós, “empty, void”).

Further reading

“σιφνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: σ

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