συμμαχίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξυμμᾰχίς (xummakhís) — Old Attic

Etymology

From συν- (sun-, “with”) +‎ μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.ma.kʰís/ → /sym.maˈçis/ → /si.maˈçis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.ma.kʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sym.maˈkʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sym.maˈçis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sym.maˈçis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.maˈçis/

Adjective

συμμᾰχίς • (summakhís) f; third declension

1. feminine of σύμμαχος (súmmakhos, “allied”)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῠμμᾰχί̆ς; τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠμμᾰχί̆ς hē summakhís	τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́δε tṑ summakhíde	αἱ σῠμμᾰχῐ́δες hai summakhídes
Genitive	τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́δος tês summakhídos	τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́δοιν toîn summakhídoin	τῶν σῠμμᾰχῐ́δων tôn summakhídōn
Dative	τῇ σῠμμᾰχῐ́δῐ têi summakhídi	τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́δοιν toîn summakhídoin	ταῖς σῠμμᾰχῐ́σῐ / σῠμμᾰχῐ́σῐν taîs summakhísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠμμᾰχῐ́δᾰ tḕn summakhída	τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́δε tṑ summakhíde	τᾱ̀ς σῠμμᾰχῐ́δᾰς tā̀s summakhídas
Vocative	σῠμμᾰχί̆ς summakhís	σῠμμᾰχῐ́δε summakhíde	σῠμμᾰχῐ́δες summakhídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• συμμαχίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “συμμαχίς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “συμμαχίς”, 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.
  • allied idem, page 25.