Σινώπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hittite 𒅆𒉡𒉿 (Šinuwa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.nɔ̌ː.pɛː/ → /siˈno.pi/ → /siˈno.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.nɔ̌ː.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈno.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈno.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈno.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈno.pi/

Proper noun

Σῐνώπη • (Sinṓpē) f (genitive Σῐνώπης); first declension

1. Sinope, a woman in Greek mythology
2. Sinope, Paphlagonia; Sinop, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σῐνώπη; τῆς Σῐνώπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῐνώπη hē Sinṓpē
Genitive	τῆς Σῐνώπης tês Sinṓpēs
Dative	τῇ Σῐνώπῃ têi Sinṓpēi
Accusative	τὴν Σῐνώπην tḕn Sinṓpēn
Vocative	Σῐνώπη Sinṓpē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σῐνωπεύς (Sinōpeús)
• Σῐνωπῐκός (Sinōpikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σινώπη (Sinópi)
• Latin: Sinope
• Ottoman Turkish
  • Turkish:
    • Sinope (“the woman”)
    • Sinop (“the place name”)
  • Persian: سینوب (sinub)
• Russian: Синоп (Sinop)

References

• “Σινώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• “Greek Loanwords in Medieval New Persian”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 2012
• Σινώπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette