σύγκλητος

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From σῠγκᾰλέω (sunkaléō, to call to council, convoke, convene), equivalent to σῠν- (sun-, with, together) +‎ κλητός (klētós, called), from σῠν- (sun-) + κᾰλέω (kaléō, to call, summon) + -τος (-tos). In historical sense, a semantic loan from Latin senātus.

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σῠ́γκλητος (súnklētosm or f (neuter σῠ́γκλητον); second declension

  1. called together, summoned, invited (guests); convened, convoked; specially assembled

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σῠ́γκλητος (súnklētosf (genitive σῠγκλήτου); second declension

  1. (government, politics) synclite (specially summoned council, assembly of elders (as at classical Athens); legislative body, parliament, congress, senate)
  2. (Koine, history) the Roman Senate in Ancient Rome; supreme administrative and legislative body of the Roman Republic and advisory council of the Roman Empire, convening in the city of Rome
  3. (Byzantine, history) synclite (the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Senate; the legislative, administrative, advisory body of the Byzantine Roman Empire, convening in the city of Constantinople)

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek σῠ́γκλητος (súnklētos), from the ancient adjective σῠ́γκλητος (súnklētos), from Ancient Greek σῠγκᾰλέω (sunkaléō, to call to council, convoke, convene), συγ- (syg-, with, together) +‎ κλητός (klitós, called), equivalent to συν- (syn-) +‎ καλώ (kaló, to call, summon) +‎ -τος (-tos). In historical sense, a semantic loan from Latin senātus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiŋ.ɡli.tos/
  • Hyphenation: σύ‧γκλη‧τος
  • Old Hyphenation: σύγ‧κλη‧τος

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σύγκλητος (sýgklitosf (plural σύγκλητοι)

  1. supreme governing body of universities and other higher education institutions
  2. (government, politics) senate
  3. (history) the Roman Senate; supreme legislative and administrative body of Ancient Rome and later the senate of the Byzantine Roman Empire in Constantinople

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