Σικυών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σεκυών (Sekuṓn)

Etymology

Formally identical to σικυών (sikuṓn, “cucumber bed”). However, there is no variant form **σεκυ- to complement Σεκυών (Sekuṓn), with the exception of a form σεκούα in Hesychius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.ky.ɔ̌ːn/ → /si.cyˈon/ → /si.ciˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.ky.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.kyˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.cyˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.cyˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.ciˈon/

Proper noun

Σῐκῠών • (Sikuṓn) m or f (genitive Σῐκῠῶνος); third declension

1. Sicyon; Sikyona, Corinthia, Greece
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.53
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.2.14

Usage notes

According to Strabo, the original name of the town was Αἰγιαλεῖς (Aigialeîs), followed by Μηκώνη (Mēkṓnē). The native name of the town was Σεκυών (Sekuṓn).

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ Σῐκῠών; τοῦ, τῆς Σῐκῠῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ Σῐκῠών ho, hē Sikuṓn
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς Σῐκῠῶνος toû, tês Sikuônos
Dative	τῷ, τῇ Σῐκῠῶνῐ tôi, têi Sikuôni
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν Σῐκῠῶνᾰ tòn, tḕn Sikuôna
Vocative	Σῐκῠών Sikuṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σικυώνιος (Sikuṓnios)
• Σικυωνικός (Sikuōnikós)
• Σικυώνοθε (Sikuṓnothe)

Descendants

• Greek: Σικυών (Sikyón); Σικυώνα (Sikyóna)
• Latin: Sicyon

References

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