σύνταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συντάσσω (suntássō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýn.tak.sis/ → /ˈsyn.tak.sis/ → /ˈsin.dak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýn.tak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.tak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.tak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.tak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.dak.sis/

Noun

σῠ́ντᾰξῐς • (súntaxis) f (genitive σῠντᾰ́ξεως or σῠντᾰ́ξῐος); third declension

1. an arranging, putting in order
2. array, arrangement, organization, system, order
3. composition, treatise
4. (grammar) syntax
5. body of troops, contingent
6. company, troupe
7. covenant, previous arrangement
8. tribute, levy
9. subvention, pension

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς; τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς hē súntaxis	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξει tṑ suntáxei	αἱ σῠντᾰ́ξεις hai suntáxeis
Genitive	τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξεως tês suntáxeōs	τοῖν σῠντᾰξέοιν toîn suntaxéoin	τῶν σῠντᾰ́ξεων tôn suntáxeōn
Dative	τῇ σῠντᾰ́ξει têi suntáxei	τοῖν σῠντᾰξέοιν toîn suntaxéoin	ταῖς σῠντᾰ́ξεσῐ / σῠντᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs suntáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́ντᾰξῐν tḕn súntaxin	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξει tṑ suntáxei	τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́ξεις tā̀s suntáxeis
Vocative	σῠ́ντᾰξῐ súntaxi	σῠντᾰ́ξει suntáxei	σῠντᾰ́ξεις suntáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς; τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς hē súntaxis	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξῐε tṑ suntáxie	αἱ σῠντᾰ́ξῐες hai suntáxies
Genitive	τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξῐος tês suntáxios	τοῖν σῠντᾰξῐ́οιν toîn suntaxíoin	τῶν σῠντᾰξῐ́ων tôn suntaxíōn
Dative	τῇ σῠντᾰ́ξῑ têi suntáxī	τοῖν σῠντᾰξῐ́οιν toîn suntaxíoin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν σῠντᾰ́ξῐσῐ / σῠντᾰ́ξῐσῐν têisi(n) suntáxisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́ντᾰξῐν tḕn súntaxin	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξῐε tṑ suntáxie	τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́ξῑς / σῠντᾰ́ξῐᾰς tā̀s suntáxīs / suntáxias
Vocative	σῠ́ντᾰξῐ súntaxi	σῠντᾰ́ξῐε suntáxie	σῠντᾰ́ξῐες suntáxies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: σύνταξη (sýntaxi)
• → Latin: syntaxis
  • → French: syntaxe
• → Russian: си́нтаксис m (síntaksis)

Further reading

• “σύνταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • assessment idem, page 45.
  • composition idem, page 153.
  • consistency idem, page 163.
  • consolidation idem, page 164.
  • constitution idem, page 164.
  • construction idem, page 165.
  • contribution idem, page 170.
  • dispensation idem, page 236.
  • embodiment idem, page 267.
  • fabric idem, page 299.
  • formation idem, page 339.
  • frame idem, page 342.
  • mechanism idem, page 521.
  • pension idem, page 603.
  • rate idem, page 673.
  • texture idem, page 863.
  • tribute idem, page 894.