The corpus record

Σίφνος

*siphnos

“ἢ, l’une des Cyclades

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Where it lives

Aegineticus 2 · 6.89/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

1. Σίφνος · Siphnos — Chantraine

Σίφνος : “ἢ, l’une des Cyclades. Aucune raison de rapprocher ce toponyme du mot précédent ; pour σιφνιάζω «se conduire comme un Siphnien », cf. Hsch., Poll. 4,65 et Taillardat, Images d’Aristophane 8 786. — [Chantraine, s.v. Σίφνος, p. 1028]

2. Σίφνος · Siphnos — LSJ

Siphnus

Siphnus, Hdt. 3.57, etc.: Adj. Σίφνιος, α, ον, Str. 10.5.1; οἱ Σίφνιοι Hdt. l.c., etc.

3. σιφνός · siphnos — LSJ

v. σιφλός. σιφνύει· κενοῖ, Hsch. σιφῶμαι· τήκομαι, Id.

In the wild

Σίφνον · Siphnon Herodotus, Histories 3.57.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3285)
Σίφνῳ · Siphnōi Herodotus, Histories 3.57.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3289)
Σίφνον · Siphnon Herodotus, Histories 3.58.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3292)
Σίφνῳ · Siphnōi Isocrates, Aegineticus 36 (DIORISIS sentence 93)
Σίφνον · Siphnon Isocrates, Aegineticus 7 (DIORISIS sentence 16)

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Σίφνος (scan p. 1028; entry #7275).

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