- σιρός
- σιρόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `pit for keeping corn, silo' (Att. inscr. Va, S. Fr., E. Fr., D., hell. a. late), also (metaph.) `pitfall' (Longus) and = δεσμωτήριον (H.; s. on κέραμος).Other forms: Quantity changing, mostly short, later also σειρός).Compounds: σιρο-μάστης m. "seeker of pits", `probe, gauge' (Ph. Bel., LXX a. o.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Technical word without etymology. Supposition by Solmsen IF 30, 11 and Persson Eranos 20, 80ff.: prop. "bending in, falling in" to σιμός (s. v.) etc.; not very satisfactory. -- Here also σίραιον n. (-ος οἶνος) `boiled down must' (com. a.o.)? -- Furnée 255 considers σίραιον as Pre-Greek because of the ending -αιον.Page in Frisk: 2,710
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.