Σίμων

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Etymology

Perhaps from σῑμός (sīmós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.mɔːn/ → /ˈsi.mon/ → /ˈsi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mon/

Proper noun

Σῐ́μων • (Símōn) m (genitive Σῐ́μωνος); third declension

1. Simon or Simo, a common Ancient Greek name held by one of the Telchines and often used as a Greek counterpart to the Hebrew שמעון (cf. Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn)).
2. The name of a throw of the dice.

Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῐ́μων ho Símōn
Genitive	τοῦ Σῐ́μωνος toû Símōnos
Dative	τῷ Σῐ́μωνῐ tôi Símōni
Accusative	τὸν Σῐ́μωνᾰ tòn Símōna
Vocative	Σῐ́μων Símōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ Σῐ́μων; τοῦ Σῐ́μωνος (Attic)

Derived terms

• Σῐμωνῐ́δης (Simōnídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Σίμων (Símon), Σίμωνας (Símonas)
• → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔼𐕌𐕒𐕎 (simon)
• → Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽 (seimōn)
• → Latin: Simōn, Simō
• → Old Armenian: Սիմովն (Simovn)
• → Russian: Си́мон (Símon)

References

• “Σίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4613 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025