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σῐγύνης

sigunes

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What it meant

1. σιγύνης · sigynēs — Chantraine

σιγύνης : m. (Hdt. 5,9, Opp.), σίγῦνος m. (A.R. 2,99), -Gvov n. (Arist. Pol. 1457 b), -vuvov (Lye. au dat. -ὐμνῳ) p.-ê. d'après βέλεμνον «épieu de chasseur, javeline s; mot chypriote selon Hdt. et Arist., scythe selon sch. A.R. 4,320. Ces appellatifs, où la variété des formes peut faire penser qu'il s’agit d'un emprunt, ne sauraient être séparés du nom de peuple iranien Σιγύνναι, -οἱ, -ἰννοι (Hdt., A.R., Str.) que … — [Chantraine, s.v. σιγύνης, p. 1022]

2. σῐγύνης · sigynēs — LSJ

spear

spear, Hdt. 5.9, Opp. C. 1.152; also σίγῡνος, ὁ, A.R. 2.99, AP 6.176 codd. (Maced.); σίγῡνον, τό, Arist. Po. 1457b6, AP 7.578 (Agath.); and in Lyc. 556, σίγυμνον (in dat. -ῳ).—Cyprian acc. to Hdt. and Arist. ll. cc., Scythian acc. to Sch.Par. A.R. 4.320 (cf. III).

σιγύνης among the Ligyes near Marseilles was used for κάπηλος, Hdt. l.c.

III

Σιγύνναι, οἱ, a people on the Middle Danube, Hdt. l.c.; in A.R. 4.320, Σίγυννοι; in Str. 11.11.8, Σίγιννοι. [In A.R. and Opp., ῡ; freq. written with double ν, σιγύννης, etc.]

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