Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμμορία (summoría, symmoria), with semantic loan from French bande in the sense 'gang, band'.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /si.moˈɾi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: συμ‧μο‧ρί‧α

Noun

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συμμορία (symmoríaf (plural συμμορίες)

  1. gang, band (group of criminals)
    συμμορία ληστώνsymmoría listóngang of robbers/thieves
    συμμορία κλεφτώνsymmoría kleftóngang of thieves, band of thieves
  2. gang, crew, bunch (group of friends or associates)
  3. (Ancient Greece) symmoria (group of wealthy citizens in Classical Athens assessed together for the purposes of taxation)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ συμμορία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

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