σίγλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σίκλος (síklos)

Etymology

From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σίγλος • (síglos) m (genitive σίγλου); second declension

  1. shekel, an ancient unit of weight
  2. shekel, a currency used in ancient Israel
  3. earring

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σῐ́γλος; τοῦ σῐ́γλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σῐ́γλος
ho síglos		 τὼ σῐ́γλω
tṑ síglō		 οἱ σῐ́γλοι
hoi sígloi
Genitive τοῦ σῐ́γλου
toû síglou		 τοῖν σῐ́γλοιν
toîn sígloin		 τῶν σῐ́γλων
tôn síglōn
Dative τῷ σῐ́γλῳ
tôi síglōi		 τοῖν σῐ́γλοιν
toîn sígloin		 τοῖς σῐ́γλοις
toîs síglois
Accusative τὸν σῐ́γλον
tòn síglon		 τὼ σῐ́γλω
tṑ síglō		 τοὺς σῐ́γλους
toùs síglous
Vocative σῐ́γλε
sígle		 σῐ́γλω
síglō		 σῐ́γλοι
sígloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σιγλοφόρος (siglophóros)

Descendants
  • → Latin: siclus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Georgian: სიკლაჲ (siḳlay)

Further reading
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