- σιᾱγών
- σιᾱγώνGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `jawbone, jaw, cheek' (Hp., Att., Arist., LXX, NT); -όνιον n. `region of the jaw, cheek piece' (Hp., LXX, Ath. Mech.); -ονίτης μῦς `jaw muscle' (Alex. Trall. a. o.; Redard 101).Other forms: Ion. σιη- (σεα-, συα- late pap. a. o.), -όνος.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Popular word beside the much more usu. γνάθος. By Fick BB 26, 115, semant. attractive, connected with ψίομαι `chew', which supposed a transition ψ- \> σ- (sporad. instances in Schwyzer 329). On the formation nothing certain can be said (cf. ψιάζω, ψίακα ψακάδα H.?); ending as in λαγών, κενεών, πυγών, ἀγκών and other names of bodyparts. -- I proposed a Pre-Greek origin *syāg- giving σιαγ- (FS Kortlandt); an IE basic form is hardly possible.Page in Frisk: 2,699
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
