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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis, general view) (Hellenistic sense: "epitome") σύνοψ(ις) + modern ending -ση (-si).[1] By surface analysis, συν- (syn-) +‎ όψη (ópsi) from the ancient σύν (sún) + ὄψῐς (ópsis, view).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.no.psi/
  • Hyphenation: σύ‧νο‧ψη

Noun

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σύνοψη (sýnopsif (plural συνόψεις)

  1. summary, precis, synopsis
  2. (Christianity) breviary, missal

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ σύνοψη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language