synodus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”), from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.no.dus/, [ˈs̠ʏnɔd̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no.dus/, [ˈsiːnod̪us]

Noun

synodus f (genitive synodī); second declension

a synod, a council, a college of priests
Synonym: concilium

Declension

Greek Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	synodus	synodī
genitive	synodī	synodōrum
dative	synodō	synodīs
accusative	synodum	synodōs
ablative	synodō	synodīs
vocative	synode	synodī

Derived terms

synodālis

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek συνόδους (sunódous, “with teeth opposing, rather than notching into, one another”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.no.duːs/, [ˈs̠ʏnɔd̪uːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no.dus/, [ˈsiːnod̪us]

Noun

synodūs m (genitive synodontis); third declension

a kind of seabream, perhaps the dentex

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	synodūs	synodontēs
genitive	synodontis	synodontum
dative	synodontī	synodontibus
accusative	synodontem	synodontēs
ablative	synodonte	synodontibus
vocative	synodūs	synodontēs

Derived terms

synodontītis

References

“synodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press