Σιλωάμ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שִּׁילוֹחַ (Shiloaḥ), whose meaning "gushing forth" is also rendered in Greek as ἀπεσταλμένος (apestalménos, “having been sent”), passive perfect participle of ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō)

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.loˈam/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.loˈam/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.loˈam/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.loˈam/

Proper noun

Σῑλωᾱ́μ • (Sīlōā́m) m (indeclinable)

Silwan, a neighbourhood of Jerusalem, where Jesus cured a man born blind

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σῑλωᾱ́μ; τοῦ Σῑλωᾱ́μ (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῑλωᾱ́μ ho Sīlōā́m
Genitive	τοῦ Σῑλωᾱ́μ toû Sīlōā́m
Dative	τῷ Σῑλωᾱ́μ tôi Sīlōā́m
Accusative	τὸν Σῑλωᾱ́μ tòn Sīlōā́m
Vocative	Σῑλωᾱ́μ Sīlōā́m

Descendants

→ Latin: Sīlōē
- → Italian: Siloe

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