Σίσυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibilities include:

  • A reduplicated form of σοφός (sophós, “wise”).
  • A derivative of σίσυς (sísus, “a goat's skin”).[1]
  • A Pre-Greek loan[2].

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σῑ́σῠφος • (Sī́suphos) m (genitive Σῑσῠ́φου); second declension

  1. Sisyphus
    Τὸν Θάνατον ὁ Σίσυφος ἔδησεν.
    Tòn Thánaton ho Sísuphos édēsen.
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Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Σῑ́σῠφος; τοῦ Σῑσῠ́φου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σῑ́σῠφος
ho Sī́suphos
Genitive τοῦ Σῑσῠ́φου
toû Sīsúphou
Dative τῷ Σῑσῠ́φῳ
tôi Sīsúphōi
Accusative τὸν Σῑ́σῠφον
tòn Sī́suphon
Vocative Σῑ́σῠφε
Sī́suphe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σῑσῠ́φειος (sīsúpheios)

Descendants

References
  1. Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
  2. RSP Beekes, Greek etymological dictionary

Further reading
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