syzygia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syːzˈzy.ɡi.a/, [s̠yːz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ʏɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sidˈd͡zi.d͡ʒi.a/, [sid̪ˈd̪͡z̪iːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

sȳzygia f (genitive sȳzygiae); first declension

1. (astronomy) syzygy, conjunction

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sȳzygia	sȳzygiae
Genitive	sȳzygiae	sȳzygiārum
Dative	sȳzygiae	sȳzygiīs
Accusative	sȳzygiam	sȳzygiās
Ablative	sȳzygiā	sȳzygiīs
Vocative	sȳzygia	sȳzygiae

Synonyms

• coniugātiō

Descendants

• English: syzygy
• French: syzygie

References

• “syzygia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• syzygia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• syzygia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.