σύμφυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμφῠ́ω (sumphúō, “to make to grow together, to unite”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sým.pʰy.sis/ → /ˈsym.ɸy.sis/ → /ˈsim.fi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sým.pʰy.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.pʰy.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.ɸy.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.fy.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.fi.sis/

Noun

σῠ́μφῠσῐς • (súmphusis) f (genitive σῠμφῠ́σεως); third declension

1. Growing together, natural junction, especially of the bones.

   Antonym: ἁφή (haphḗ)

2. Closing or healing up.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς; τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς hē súmphusis	τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει tṑ sumphúsei	αἱ σῠμφῠ́σεις hai sumphúseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως tês sumphúseōs	τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν toîn sumphuséoin	τῶν σῠμφῠ́σεων tôn sumphúseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠμφῠ́σει têi sumphúsei	τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν toîn sumphuséoin	ταῖς σῠμφῠ́σεσῐ / σῠμφῠ́σεσῐν taîs sumphúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́μφῠσῐν tḕn súmphusin	τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει tṑ sumphúsei	τᾱ̀ς σῠμφῠ́σεις tā̀s sumphúseis
Vocative	σῠ́μφῠσῐ súmphusi	σῠμφῠ́σει sumphúsei	σῠμφῠ́σεις sumphúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: symphysis

→ English: symphysis

References

• “σύμφυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press