Σίνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῑ́νομαι (sī́nomai, “to plunder, pillage”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σῐ́νῐς • (Sínis) m (genitive Σῐ́νῐδος); third declension

  1. Sinis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Σῐ́νῐς; τῆς Σῐ́νῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σῐ́νῐς
hē Sínis
Genitive τῆς Σῐ́νῐδος
tês Sínidos
Dative τῇ Σῐ́νῐδῐ
têi Sínidi
Accusative τὴν Σῐ́νῐδᾰ
tḕn Sínida
Vocative Σῐ́νῐς
Sínis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Σίνις (Sínis)
  • Latin: Sinis

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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