συγγραφεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠγγρᾰ́φω (sungráphō) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡra.pʰěu̯s/ → /syŋ.ɡraˈɸeɸs/ → /siŋ.ɡraˈfefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡra.pʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡraˈpʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡraˈɸeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡraˈfefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siŋ.ɡraˈfefs/

Noun

σῠγγρᾰφεύς • (sungrapheús) m (genitive σῠγγρᾰφέως); third declension

1. prose-writer
2. author
3. historian
4. party to a contract

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σῠγγρᾰφεύς; τοῦ σῠγγρᾰφέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῠγγρᾰφεύς ho sungrapheús	τὼ σῠγγρᾰφῆ tṑ sungraphê	οἱ σῠγγρᾰφῆς / σῠγγρᾰφεῖς hoi sungraphês / sungrapheîs
Genitive	τοῦ σῠγγρᾰφέως toû sungraphéōs	τοῖν σῠγγρᾰφέοιν toîn sungraphéoin	τῶν σῠγγρᾰφέων tôn sungraphéōn
Dative	τῷ σῠγγρᾰφεῖ tôi sungrapheî	τοῖν σῠγγρᾰφέοιν toîn sungraphéoin	τοῖς σῠγγρᾰφεῦσῐ / σῠγγρᾰφεῦσῐν toîs sungrapheûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σῠγγρᾰφέᾱ tòn sungraphéā	τὼ σῠγγρᾰφῆ tṑ sungraphê	τοὺς σῠγγρᾰφέᾱς toùs sungraphéās
Vocative	σῠγγρᾰφεῦ sungrapheû	σῠγγρᾰφῆ sungraphê	σῠγγρᾰφῆς / σῠγγρᾰφεῖς sungraphês / sungrapheîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: συγγραφέας (syngraféas) (learned)

References

• “συγγραφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • author idem, page 53.
  • chronicler idem, page 131.
  • commissioner idem, page 148.
  • compiler idem, page 151.
  • composer idem, page 153.
  • delegate idem, page 207.
  • deputy idem, page 213.
  • historian idem, page 401.
  • writer idem, page 993.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siŋ.ɣraˈfefs/
• Hyphenation: συγ‧γρα‧φεύς

Noun

συγγραφεύς • (syngraféfs) m or f (plural συγγραφεῖς)

1. (formal) Older form of συγγραφέας (syngraféas)

Declension

• As in the ancient inflection, without the dual or prosody.