"σειρά" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σειρά in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /seː.rǎː/, /siˈra/, /siˈra/, /seː.rǎː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /siˈra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /siˈra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /siˈra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /siˈra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *tseřřā́, from Proto-Indo-European *twerH-yeh₂- (“seizing”), from *twerH- (“to grab, seize, enclose”). The traditional connection to εἴρω (eírō, “to connect”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”), is semantically more appealing than the above, but fails to explain the initial σ- (s-). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*tseřřā́}} Proto-Hellenic *tseřřā́, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*twerH-yeh₂-|t=seizing}} Proto-Indo-European *twerH-yeh₂- (“seizing”), {{ncog|ine-pro|*ser-|t=to bind, put together}} Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σειρᾱ́|σειρᾶς|f|first}} σειρᾱ́ • (seirā́) f (genitive σειρᾶς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σειρᾱ́|ᾶς|form=F}} Forms: σειρᾱ́ [canonical], seirā́ [romanization], σειρᾶς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σειρᾱ́ [nominative, singular], σειρᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ σειραί [nominative, plural], τῆς σειρᾶς [genitive, singular], σειραῖν [dual, genitive], σειρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σειρᾷ [dative, singular], σειραῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς σειραῖς [dative, plural], τὴν σειρᾱ́ν [accusative, singular], σειρᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σειρᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], σειρᾱ́ [singular, vocative], σειρᾱ́ [dual, vocative], σειραί [plural, vocative], σειρή [alternative, Ionic], σηρᾱ́ [alternative, Doric]
  1. cord, rope
    Sense id: en-σειρά-grc-noun-BM~Tgr7A Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 53 47
  2. (Koine) chain Tags: Koine
    Sense id: en-σειρά-grc-noun-lBSIax6~ Categories (other): Koine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 53 47
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