συναίρεσις
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- σῠνέρεισῐς (sunéreisis) — codical variant
Etymology
editFrom σῠναιρέω (sunairéō) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sy.nǎi̯.re.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syˈnɛ.re.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syˈnɛ.re.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syˈne.re.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈne.re.sis/
Noun
editσῠναίρεσῐς • (sunaíresis) f (genitive σῠναιρέσεως); third declension
- taking or drawing together; contraction, closing
- contraction of front; shortening, reduction of an estimated distance
- aggregation; synthesis; concentration; generalization
- Elias, in Porph. 76.19
- (in grammar): synaeresis of two adjacent vowels within one word into a diphthong or a macron vowel.
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῠναίρεσῐς hē sunaíresis |
τὼ σῠναιρέσει tṑ sunairései |
αἱ σῠναιρέσεις hai sunairéseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῠναιρέσεως tês sunairéseōs |
τοῖν σῠναιρεσέοιν toîn sunaireséoin |
τῶν σῠναιρέσεων tôn sunairéseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῠναιρέσει têi sunairései |
τοῖν σῠναιρεσέοιν toîn sunaireséoin |
ταῖς σῠναιρέσεσῐ / σῠναιρέσεσῐν taîs sunairésesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῠναίρεσῐν tḕn sunaíresin |
τὼ σῠναιρέσει tṑ sunairései |
τᾱ̀ς σῠναιρέσεις tā̀s sunairéseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠναίρεσῐ sunaíresi |
σῠναιρέσει sunairései |
σῠναιρέσεις sunairéseis | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “contraction of front”): αὔξησις (aúxēsis)
- (antonym(s) of “generalization”): διαίρεσις (diaíresis)
- (antonym(s) of “synaeresis”): διαίρεσις (diaíresis)
Descendants
edit- Greek: συναίρεση (synaíresi)
- → Latin: synaeresis
- → French: synérèse
- → English: synaeresis
Further reading
edit- “συναίρεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συναίρεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
- grc:Grammar