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σίγλος

siglos

shekel

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σίγλος · siglos — Beekes

σίγλος [m.] weight and coin (in X. = 7.5 Att. obols), ‘shekel’ (Att. inscr. end IV’, X.), also used as an ear-pendant (e.g. in σιγλο-φόρος Com. Adesp. 792); in this meaning also σίγλαι [f.pl.] (PMasp. VI?, Poll.). «τὴν Sem.> «νΑΚσίκλος (LXX, J.). *ETYM Loanword from Semitic; cf. Hebr. sekel, etc. Taken over in Latin as siclus. oiypa [n.] indecl. name of the letter (Pl, Arist., etc.). «Ὁ» VAR Also -i-. *DER … — [Beekes, s.v. σίγλος, p. 1379]

2. σίγλος · siglos — Chantraine

σίγλος : m. (X., etc.), σίκλος (LXX, J.); attesté comme poids à Chypre (ICS 224) et dans LXX, plus souvent comme monnaie (Chypre, ICS 309, X. ; selon X., 7 oboles attiques et demi), «sicle»; sert aussi pour une boucle d'oreille (Phot.), cf. σιγλο-φόρος (Com. Adesp. 792), en ce sens encore σίγλαι f. (pap. byz., Hsch., Poll.) — [Chantraine, s.v. σίγλος, p. 1022]

3. σίγλος · siglos — LSJ

= Hebr. shekel, a weight (LXX Ex. 30.23, al.) or coin (ib. Le. 5.15); δραχμὴ μία τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ σ. ib. Ex. 39.2 (38.26); but ὁ σ. … Ἀττικὰς δέχεται δραχμὰς τέτταρας J. AJ 3.8.2, cf. Hsch. s.v. σίκλος.

2

the Persian σ. was the 1/3000th part of the Babylonian silver talent, half the silver stater of Asia Minor, and = 7 1/2 Att. ὀβολοί, X. An. 1.5.6; or 8 ὀβολοί, acc. to Phot., quoting S. Fr. 1094 (perh. erroneously, instead of for sense II).

II ear-ring

ear-ring, Phot., cf. sq. [σιγλοφόρος]

III

in Plb. 34.8.7, prob. corrupt for Σικελικός.

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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. σίγλος (scan p. 1379; entry #5500).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σίγλος (scan p. 1022; entry #7217).

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