σίφων

Ancient Greek[edit]

A technical term, with a formation similar to ἄμみゅーβべーたωおめがνにゅー (ámbōn) and δόλων (dólōn), of uncertain origin.^[1] 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.^[2]

σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅー • (sī́phōn) m (genitive σしぐまῑ́φωνος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅー ho sī́phōn	τたうὼ σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅーεいぷしろん tṑ sī́phōne	οおみくろんἱ σしぐまῑ́φωνες hoi sī́phōnes
Genitive	τたうοおみくろんῦ σしぐまῑ́φωνος toû sī́phōnos	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー σしぐまῑφώνοιν toîn sīphṓnoin	τたうῶνにゅー σしぐまῑφώνων tôn sīphṓnōn
Dative	τたうῷ σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅーῐ tôi sī́phōni	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー σしぐまῑφώνοιν toîn sīphṓnoin	τたうοおみくろんῖς σしぐまῑ́φωσῐ / σしぐまῑ́φωσῐνにゅー toîs sī́phōsi(n)
Accusative	τたうὸνにゅー σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅーᾰ tòn sī́phōna	τたうὼ σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅーεいぷしろん tṑ sī́phōne	τたうοおみくろんὺς σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅーᾰς toùs sī́phōnas
Vocative	σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅー sī́phōn	σしぐまῑ́φふぁいωおめがνにゅーεいぷしろん sī́phōne	σしぐまῑ́φωνες sī́phōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ 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