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Σίκινν-ῐς

sikinnis

où -ἶνις « sicinnis s, danse du drame satyrique (8

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What it meant

1. σἵκιννις · shikinnis — Chantraine

σἵκιννις : où -ἶνις « sicinnis s, danse du drame satyrique (8. fr. 772, E. Cyel. 37, D.H., Luc.), Pour les Anciens le nom viendrait de son inventeur Sicinnos (Ath. 320 6), ou de Sicinnis, une nymphe parèdre de Cybèle (Arr. fr. 106 J). Pour les modernes, mot « phrygien » que l'on ferait entrer dans la famille de κηκίω, cf. Solmsen, Beïträge 145, n. 2, Pokorny 522 (?). owmvä : sur l’& cf. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,189, -0n … — [Chantraine, s.v. σἵκιννις, p. 1023]

2. Σίκινν-ῐς · Sikinn-is — LSJ

Sicinnis, Sicinnus, Sicinnis

Sicinnis, a dance of Satyrs used in the Satyric drama, S. Fr. 772, E. l.c., D.H. l.c., Luc. Salt. 22: named from its inventor Sicinnus, Ath. 1.20e, cf. Scamon 1; or from Sicinnis, a nymph of Cybele, although originally danced in honour of Sabazios, Arr. Fr. 106J.— Also written Σίκιννον, τό, Suid.; Σίκιννα, AB 267.

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