συναφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to join together, connect”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.na.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /sy.naˈɸi/ → /si.naˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.na.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.naˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.naˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.naˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.naˈfi/

Noun

σῠνᾰφή • (sunaphḗ) f (genitive σῠνᾰφῆς); first declension

1. connection, union, junction
2. point or line of junction
3. (music) conjunction of two tetrachords

Declension

First declension of ἡ σῠνᾰφή; τῆς σῠνᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠνᾰφή hē sunaphḗ	τὼ σῠνᾰφᾱ́ tṑ sunaphā́	αἱ σῠνᾰφαί hai sunaphaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠνᾰφῆς tês sunaphês	τοῖν σῠνᾰφαῖν toîn sunaphaîn	τῶν σῠνᾰφῶν tôn sunaphôn
Dative	τῇ σῠνᾰφῇ têi sunaphêi	τοῖν σῠνᾰφαῖν toîn sunaphaîn	ταῖς σῠνᾰφαῖς taîs sunaphaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠνᾰφήν tḕn sunaphḗn	τὼ σῠνᾰφᾱ́ tṑ sunaphā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s sunaphā́s
Vocative	σῠνᾰφή sunaphḗ	σῠνᾰφᾱ́ sunaphā́	σῠνᾰφαί sunaphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “συναφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “συναφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• συναφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette