συγγνώμη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξυγγνώμη (xungnṓmē) – Old Attic

Etymology

From συν- (sun-) +‎ γνώμη (gnṓmē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡnɔ̌ː.mɛː/ → /syŋˈɡno.mi/ → /siŋˈɡno.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡnɔ̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syŋˈɡno.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syŋˈɡno.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syŋˈɡno.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siŋˈɡno.mi/

Noun

σῠγγνώμη • (sungnṓmē) f (genitive σῠγγνώμης); first declension

1. acknowledgement, confession
2. lenient judgement, allowance; fellow feeling with another
3. pardon, forgiveness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠγγνώμη; τῆς σῠγγνώμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠγγνώμη hē sungnṓmē	τὼ σῠγγνώμᾱ tṑ sungnṓmā	αἱ σῠγγνῶμαι hai sungnômai
Genitive	τῆς σῠγγνώμης tês sungnṓmēs	τοῖν σῠγγνώμαιν toîn sungnṓmain	τῶν σῠγγνωμῶν tôn sungnōmôn
Dative	τῇ σῠγγνώμῃ têi sungnṓmēi	τοῖν σῠγγνώμαιν toîn sungnṓmain	ταῖς σῠγγνώμαις taîs sungnṓmais
Accusative	τὴν σῠγγνώμην tḕn sungnṓmēn	τὼ σῠγγνώμᾱ tṑ sungnṓmā	τᾱ̀ς σῠγγνώμᾱς tā̀s sungnṓmās
Vocative	σῠγγνώμη sungnṓmē	σῠγγνώμᾱ sungnṓmā	σῠγγνῶμαι sungnômai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: συγνώμη (sygnómi) (learned)

Further reading

• “συγγνώμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συγγνώμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4774 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allowance idem, page 25.
  • endurance idem, page 273.
  • exculpation idem, page 289.
  • extenuation idem, page 296.
  • forbearance idem, page 335.
  • forgiveness idem, page 338.
  • indulgence idem, page 435.
  • mercy idem, page 525.
  • palliation idem, page 590.
  • pardon idem, page 592.
  • patience idem, page 598.
  • quarter idem, page 663.
  • remission idem, page 693.
  • tolerance idem, page 880.
  • toleration idem, page 880.

Greek

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Alternative forms

• συγνώμη (sygnómi) – colloquial

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συγγνώμ (sungnṓm) and semantic loan from French pardon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siŋˈɣno.mi/
• Hyphenation: συγ‧γνώ‧μη

Interjection

συγγνώμη • (syngnómi)

1. sorry (an apology)
2. excuse me (UK), pardon me (US)

Synonyms

• (forgive me, religion): ήμαρτον (ímarton)
• (Pardon, what did you say?): ορίστε (oríste)

Noun

συγγνώμη • (syngnómi) f (plural συγγνώμες)

1. forgiveness

Declension

declension of συγγνώμη

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	συγγνώμη •	συγγνώμες •
genitive	συγγνώμης •	—
accusative	συγγνώμη •	συγγνώμες •
vocative	συγγνώμη •	συγγνώμες •
Some senses lack a plural