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σῐᾱγών

siagon

region of the jaw, cheek piece

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σιᾶγών · siagōn — Beekes

σιᾶγών [f.] “jawbone, jaw, cheek’ (Hp., Att., Arist LXX, NT). «Pcp eVAR Ion. σιη- (σεα-, ova- late pap., etc.), -όνος. *DER σιᾶγ-όνιον [n.] ‘region of the jaw, cheek piece’ (Hp., LXX, Ath. Mech.), -ονίτης μῦς ‘jaw muscle’ (Alex. Trall.); Redard 1949: 101. *ETYM Synonym for γνάθος (which is the more usual word). Connection with ψίομαι ‘to chew’ is semantically attractive, but the formation is quite unclear. The … — [Beekes, s.v. σιᾶγών, p. 1377]

2. σιαγών · siagōn — Chantraine

σιαγών : ion. σιη- (σεα-, συα- dans des pap. tardifs), τόνος f. « mâchoire », parfois «joue» (Hp., att., Arist., LXX, NT), d'où -ὄνιον n. «région des mâchoires » (Ηρ., LXX), nom d’une pièce dans une machine de guerre (Ath. Mechan., etc.), σιαγονίτης μῦς «muscle des mâchoires » (Alex. Trall., etc.), cf. Redard, Noms en -τῆς 101. Grec moderne σιαγών et σαγόνι « mâchoire, menton ». Et.: Terme populaire qui ἃ fini par … — [Chantraine, s.v. σιαγών, p. 1020]

3. σῐᾱγών · siagōn — LSJ

jaw-bone, jaw, cheek

jaw-bone, jaw, Hp. Epid. 3.17.βʹ, S. Fr. 112, Ar. Fr. 287, PCair.Zen. 76.12 (iii B.C.), LXX Jd. 15.14, al.; of an ox, Cratin. 163; of a camel, prob. in PLond. 3.909 (a). 7 (ii A.D.); κινεῖται δὲ τοῖς . . ζῴοις ἅπασιν ἡ κάτωθεν σ., κτλ., Arist. HA 516a24, cf. 492b22; cheek, Cerc. 5.6, Ev.Matt. 5.39:—written συαγών, BGU 100.5 (ii A.D.), cf. Ath. 3.94f; also σεαγών, BGU 153.17, 35 (ii A.D.), Sammelb. 5167.11.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σῐᾱγών (scan p. 1377; entry #5491). Root candidates: *s’ag-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σῐᾱγών (scan p. 1020; entry #7204).

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