See Σειρήν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "seireeni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: seireeni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: seireeni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "Σειρήν",
"3": "σειρήνα"
},
"expansion": "Greek: Σειρήν (Seirín), σειρήνα (seirína)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: Σειρήν (Seirín), σειρήνα (seirína)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "סירנה",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: סירנה",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: סירנה"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "Siren",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: Siren",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: Siren"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "Sirena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: Sirena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: Sirena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "セイレーン",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: セイレーン",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: セイレーン"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "세이렌",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 세이렌 (seiren)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 세이렌 (seiren)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Sīrēn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: Sīrēn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: Sīrēn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "Sirena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: Sirena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: Sirena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "Sirene",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: Sirene",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: Sirene"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "Syrena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: Syrena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: Syrena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "Sirenă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: Sirenă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: Sirenă"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "Сирен",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: Сирен (Siren)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: Сирен (Siren)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "Сирена",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: Сирена",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: Сирена"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "Sirena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: Sirena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: Sirena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "Сирен",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: Сирен (Syren)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: Сирен (Syren)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*twerH-",
"4": "",
"5": "to grab, seize, enclose"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "qsb-grc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Pre-Greek",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps originally \"entangler\" or \"binder,\" from σειρά (seirá, “rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to grab, seize, enclose”). On the other hand, Chantraine is in favor of a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -ήν. Compare also Σείριος (Seírios).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Seirḗn",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆνος",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-3",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ἡ Σειρήν",
"roman": "hē Seirḗn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ Σειρῆνε",
"roman": "tṑ Seirêne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "αἱ Σειρῆνες",
"roman": "hai Seirênes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς Σειρῆνος",
"roman": "tês Seirênos",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν Σειρήνοιν",
"roman": "toîn Seirḗnoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῶν Σειρήνων",
"roman": "tôn Seirḗnōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῇ Σειρῆνῐ",
"roman": "têi Seirênĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν Σειρήνοιν",
"roman": "toîn Seirḗnoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "ταῖς Σειρῆσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs Seirêsĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs Seirêsĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὴν Σειρῆνᾰ",
"roman": "tḕn Seirênă",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ Σειρῆνε",
"roman": "tṑ Seirêne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾱ̀ς Σειρῆνᾰς",
"roman": "tā̀s Seirênăs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρήν",
"roman": "Seirḗn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆνε",
"roman": "Seirêne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆνες",
"roman": "Seirênes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Σειρῆνος",
"2": "f",
"3": "third"
},
"expansion": "Σειρήν • (Seirḗn) f (genitive Σειρῆνος); third declension",
"name": "grc-proper noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Σει‧ρήν"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Σειρήν",
"2": "Σειρῆνος",
"form": "F"
},
"name": "grc-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "grc",
"name": "Greek mythology",
"orig": "grc:Greek mythology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "grc",
"name": "Mythological creatures",
"orig": "grc:Mythological creatures",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "Seirḗneios",
"word": "Σειρήνειος"
},
{
"roman": "Seirēnís",
"word": "Σειρηνίς"
}
],
"glosses": [
"siren"
],
"id": "en-Σειρήν-grc-name-2uc12VdC",
"links": [
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"siren",
"siren"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Greek mythology) siren"
],
"tags": [
"Greek"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Siren"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/seː.rɛ̌ːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/seː.rɛ̌ːn/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈre̝n/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "Σειρήν"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "Seirḗneios",
"word": "Σειρήνειος"
},
{
"roman": "Seirēnís",
"word": "Σειρηνίς"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "seireeni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: seireeni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: seireeni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "Σειρήν",
"3": "σειρήνα"
},
"expansion": "Greek: Σειρήν (Seirín), σειρήνα (seirína)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: Σειρήν (Seirín), σειρήνα (seirína)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "סירנה",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: סירנה",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: סירנה"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "Siren",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: Siren",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: Siren"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "Sirena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: Sirena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: Sirena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "セイレーン",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: セイレーン",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: セイレーン"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "세이렌",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 세이렌 (seiren)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 세이렌 (seiren)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Sīrēn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: Sīrēn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: Sīrēn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "Sirena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: Sirena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: Sirena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "Sirene",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: Sirene",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: Sirene"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "Syrena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: Syrena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: Syrena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "Sirenă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: Sirenă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: Sirenă"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "Сирен",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: Сирен (Siren)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: Сирен (Siren)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "Сирена",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: Сирена",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: Сирена"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "Sirena",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: Sirena",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: Sirena"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "Сирен",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: Сирен (Syren)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: Сирен (Syren)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*twerH-",
"4": "",
"5": "to grab, seize, enclose"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to grab, seize, enclose”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "qsb-grc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Pre-Greek",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps originally \"entangler\" or \"binder,\" from σειρά (seirá, “rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to grab, seize, enclose”). On the other hand, Chantraine is in favor of a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -ήν. Compare also Σείριος (Seírios).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Seirḗn",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆνος",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-3",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ἡ Σειρήν",
"roman": "hē Seirḗn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ Σειρῆνε",
"roman": "tṑ Seirêne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "αἱ Σειρῆνες",
"roman": "hai Seirênes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς Σειρῆνος",
"roman": "tês Seirênos",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν Σειρήνοιν",
"roman": "toîn Seirḗnoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῶν Σειρήνων",
"roman": "tôn Seirḗnōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῇ Σειρῆνῐ",
"roman": "têi Seirênĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν Σειρήνοιν",
"roman": "toîn Seirḗnoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "ταῖς Σειρῆσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs Seirêsĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs Seirêsĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὴν Σειρῆνᾰ",
"roman": "tḕn Seirênă",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ Σειρῆνε",
"roman": "tṑ Seirêne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾱ̀ς Σειρῆνᾰς",
"roman": "tā̀s Seirênăs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρήν",
"roman": "Seirḗn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆνε",
"roman": "Seirêne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Σειρῆνες",
"roman": "Seirênes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Σειρῆνος",
"2": "f",
"3": "third"
},
"expansion": "Σειρήν • (Seirḗn) f (genitive Σειρῆνος); third declension",
"name": "grc-proper noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Σει‧ρήν"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Σειρήν",
"2": "Σειρῆνος",
"form": "F"
},
"name": "grc-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
"Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns",
"Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the third declension",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek proper nouns",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ancient Greek third-declension proper nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"grc:Greek mythology",
"grc:Mythological creatures"
],
"glosses": [
"siren"
],
"links": [
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"siren",
"siren"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Greek mythology) siren"
],
"tags": [
"Greek"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Siren"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/seː.rɛ̌ːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/seː.rɛ̌ːn/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈre̝n/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/siˈrin/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "Σειρήν"
}
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