σανίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is common to other technical terms like δοκίς (dokís, “beam”), ἀρίς (arís, “bow-drill”) and σελίς (selís, “crossbeam”) but the origin is uncertain. According to Beekes, the connection with σαίνω (saínō, “to fawn”) should be rejected for semantic reasons.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.nís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈnis/

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Noun

σανίς • (sanís) f (genitive σανίδος); third declension

board, plank, timber
1. (in the plural) folding doors
2. wooden platform, scaffold or stage
3. ship's deck
4. bench, seat
5. lid of box
6. (in the plural) wooden tablets for writing on
7. plank tow hich offenders were bound or nailed

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σανῐ́ς; τῆς σανῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σανῐ́ς hē sanís	τὼ σανῐ́δε tṑ saníde	αἱ σανῐ́δες hai sanídes
Genitive	τῆς σανῐ́δος tês sanídos	τοῖν σανῐ́δοιν toîn sanídoin	τῶν σανῐ́δων tôn sanídōn
Dative	τῇ σανῐ́δῐ têi sanídi	τοῖν σανῐ́δοιν toîn sanídoin	ταῖς σανῐ́σῐ / σανῐ́σῐν taîs sanísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σανῐ́δᾰ tḕn sanída	τὼ σανῐ́δε tṑ saníde	τᾱ̀ς σανῐ́δᾰς tā̀s sanídas
Vocative	σανῐ́ς sanís	σανῐ́δε saníde	σανῐ́δες sanídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

σανίδιον (sanídion)
σανιδόω (sanidóō)
σανίδωμα (sanídōma)
σανιδώδης (sanidṓdēs)
σανιδωτός (sanidōtós)
σανίσκη (sanískē)

Descendants

Greek: σανίδα (sanída)
Medieval Latin: sandones