Σίφνος
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See also: σιφνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sí.pʰnos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsi.pʰnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ɸnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.fnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.fnos/
Proper noun
Σῐ́φνος • (Síphnos) f (genitive Σῐ́φνου); second declension
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Descendants
References
- “Σίφνος”, 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
- Σίφνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette