σιγύ̄ν(ν)ης

σιγύ̄ν(ν)ης
σιγύ̄ν(ν)ης
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: `hunting spear, javelin' (Hdt. 5, 9, Opp.), -ος (A. R., AP).
Other forms: -ον n. (Arist. Po. 1457 b 6, AP), -υμνον (Lyc.; dat. -ύμνῳ; (not after βέλεμνον).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Acc. to Hdt. a. Arist. ll. cc. Cyprian; after a sch. on A. R. 4, 320 however Scythian. The phonetic coincidence with the Iranian (Scythian?) peoples name Σιγύνναι, -οι, -ιννοι (Hdt., A. R., Str.; on the other side of the middle Danube) is hardly coincidental. Acc. to Hdt. the Ligyes in the neighbourhood of Massilia called retail-dealers (κάπηλοι) σιγύνναι, clearly after the people; cf. Dunăreanu-Vulpe in Bonfante BSL 37, 78 and Kretschmer Glotta 27, 245. -- Cf. σιβύνη (which is not cognate). -- Furnée 247 assumes σιγῡν- \< *σιγυϜν- \< σιγυμν-, with typical Pre-Greek μ\/F.
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Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

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