- σιπύη
- σιπύη (-ύα)Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `box for keeping flour and bread' (com., AP, Poll.) .Other forms: συπύη (pap. IIIa) from assim., σιπυΐς f. (Hp.); also ἰπύα (H.); further σίπυδνος (Orac. ap. Luc. Alex.; Furnée 177); note hομοσεπυοι inscr. Selinous (RPh 69, 1995, 128, l. 3Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: Sem. LW [loanword] (Hebr. sap etc.); E. Masson Recherches 44f. w. lit. After Neumann Glotta 37, 109f. (cf. Heubeck Praegraeca 36f.) to the Minoan (Linear A) vase des. su-pu. -- Whether σίφνις `id.' (Poll., H.) is at all cognate, remains doubtful (cf. on σιφνός); in any case there is no IE variation p σιπύη ph (Specht Ursprung 260). -- Here will belong Lat. simpulum, simpuvium. Also here σιβαία = πήρα. The variation proves that the word is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,710
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.