σικχός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The cluster -κχ- makes an Indo-European origin unlikely. Further unclear; assumed Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sikʰ.kʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sikˈkʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sikˈxos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sikˈxos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sikˈxos/
Noun
σῐκχός • (sikkhós) m (genitive σῐκχοῦ); second declension
- squeamish, fastidious person, especially in eating
- Antonym: πᾰμφᾰ́γος (pamphágos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σῐκχός ho sikkhós |
τὼ σῐκχώ tṑ sikkhṓ |
οἱ σῐκχοί hoi sikkhoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῐκχοῦ toû sikkhoû |
τοῖν σῐκχοῖν toîn sikkhoîn |
τῶν σῐκχῶν tôn sikkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῐκχῷ tôi sikkhôi |
τοῖν σῐκχοῖν toîn sikkhoîn |
τοῖς σῐκχοῖς toîs sikkhoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σῐκχόν tòn sikkhón |
τὼ σῐκχώ tṑ sikkhṓ |
τοὺς σῐκχούς toùs sikkhoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῐκχέ sikkhé |
σῐκχώ sikkhṓ |
σῐκχοί sikkhoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄσῐκχος (ásikkhos)
- σικχαίνομαι (sikkhaínomai)
- σίκχος (síkkhos)
- σικχότης (sikkhótēs)
- σῐκχαίνω (sikkhaínō)
- σῐκχᾰντός (sikkhantós)
- σῐκχᾰσμός (sikkhasmós)
- σῐκχᾰσῐ́ᾱ (sikkhasíā)
Further reading
- “σικχός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σικχός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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