συνθήκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξυνθήκη (xunthḗkē) — Old Attic

Etymology

From σῠντῐ́θημῐ (suntíthēmi, “to place or put together”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syn.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /synˈθi.ci/ → /sinˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syn.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /synˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /synˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /synˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sinˈθi.ci/

Noun

σῠνθήκη • (sunthḗkē) f (genitive σῠνθήκης); first declension

1. a compounding, especially of words and sentences
2. convention, compact
   1. article of a compact or treaty
3. coffin

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠνθήκη; τῆς σῠνθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠνθήκη hē sunthḗkē	τὼ σῠνθήκᾱ tṑ sunthḗkā	αἱ σῠνθῆκαι hai sunthêkai
Genitive	τῆς σῠνθήκης tês sunthḗkēs	τοῖν σῠνθήκαιν toîn sunthḗkain	τῶν σῠνθηκῶν tôn sunthēkôn
Dative	τῇ σῠνθήκῃ têi sunthḗkēi	τοῖν σῠνθήκαιν toîn sunthḗkain	ταῖς σῠνθήκαις taîs sunthḗkais
Accusative	τὴν σῠνθήκην tḕn sunthḗkēn	τὼ σῠνθήκᾱ tṑ sunthḗkā	τᾱ̀ς σῠνθήκᾱς tā̀s sunthḗkās
Vocative	σῠνθήκη sunthḗkē	σῠνθήκᾱ sunthḗkā	σῠνθῆκαι sunthêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐσῠνθήκη (episunthḗkē)

Further reading

• “συνθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συνθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • compact idem, page 149.
  • convention idem, page 173.
  • pact idem, page 588.

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek συνθήκη (sunthḗkē).

Noun

συνθήκη • (synthíki) f (plural συνθήκες)

1. (law) treaty, agreement, mutual acceptance

   Η Συνθήκη για τη Μη Διάδοση των Πυρηνικών Όπλων

   I Synthíki gia ti Mi Diádosi ton Pyrinikón Óplon

   The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

2. (in the plural): conditions, circumstances (a set of something make up a situation)

   Ζούσε κάτω από πολύ δύσκολες συνθήκες.

   Zoúse káto apó polý dýskoles synthíkes.

   She used to live under very difficult conditions.

Declension

Declension of συνθήκη

	singular	plural
nominative	συνθήκη •	συνθήκες •
genitive	συνθήκης •	συνθηκών •
accusative	συνθήκη •	συνθήκες •
vocative	συνθήκη •	συνθήκες •

Related terms

• κατά συνθήκην ψεύδη (katá synthíkin psévdi, “conventional lies”)
• συνομιλία f (“dialogue, exchange of views”)

See also

• συμφωνία f (symfonía, “agreement, symphony”)