Συήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian swnw,[1]

swn
n		 nw
W		 T11
niwt

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σῠήνη • (Suḗnē) f (genitive Σῠήνης); first declension

  1. Aswan (a city in southern Egypt)

Declension
First declension of ἡ Σῠήνη; τῆς Σῠήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σῠήνη
hē Suḗnē
Genitive τῆς Σῠήνης
tês Suḗnēs
Dative τῇ Σῠήνῃ
têi Suḗnēi
Accusative τὴν Σῠήνην
tḕn Suḗnēn
Vocative Σῠήνη
Suḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Latin: Syēnē

References
  1. Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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