"σέσιλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σέσιλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sé.siː.los/, /ˈse.si.los/, /ˈse.si.los/, /sé.siː.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈse.si.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈse.si.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈse.si.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈse.si.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unexplained. Probably related to σέμελος (sémelos, “snail”) and perhaps both of Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=Unexplained}} Unexplained, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|σέσῑλος|σεσῑ́λου|m|second}} σέσῑλος • (sésīlos) m (genitive σεσῑ́λου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σέσῑλος|ου|form=M}} Forms: σέσῑλος [canonical], sésīlos [romanization], σεσῑ́λου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ σέσῑλος [nominative, singular], σεσῑ́λω [dual, nominative], οἱ σέσῑλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ σεσῑ́λου [genitive, singular], σεσῑ́λοιν [dual, genitive], σεσῑ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ σεσῑ́λῳ [dative, singular], σεσῑ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σεσῑ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸν σέσῑλον [accusative, singular], σεσῑ́λω [accusative, dual], τοὺς σεσῑ́λους [accusative, plural], σέσῑλε [singular, vocative], σεσῑ́λω [dual, vocative], σέσῑλοι [plural, vocative]
  1. land snail Synonyms: κόχλος, στρόμβος
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