synodus

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

synodus f (genitive synodī); second declension

1. a synod, a council, a college of priests

   Synonym: concilium

Declension

Greek Second-declension noun.

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

Noun

synodūs m (genitive synodontis); third declension

1. a kind of seabream, perhaps the dentex

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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