συγχίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

συκχάς (sukkhás), σύκχος (súkkhos), συκχίς (sukkhís), συκχίδος (sukkhídos)

Etymology

Probably from a substrate language of Asia Minor, possibly Phrygian; said language may also be the ultimate source of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). See the variant σύκχος (súkkhos) for more descendants.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syŋ.kʰís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syŋˈkʰis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syɲˈçis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syɲˈçis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siɲˈçis/

Noun

συγχίς • (sunkhís) f (genitive συγχίδος); third declension

a kind of shoe or sock

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠγχῐ́ς; τῆς σῠγχῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠγχῐ́ς hē sŭnkhĭ́s	τὼ σῠγχῐ́δε tṑ sŭnkhĭ́de	αἱ σῠγχῐ́δες hai sŭnkhĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σῠγχῐ́δος tês sŭnkhĭ́dos	τοῖν σῠγχῐ́δοιν toîn sŭnkhĭ́doin	τῶν σῠγχῐ́δων tôn sŭnkhĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σῠγχῐ́δῐ tēî sŭnkhĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σῠγχῐ́δοιν toîn sŭnkhĭ́doin	ταῖς σῠγχῐ́σῐ / σῠγχῐ́σῐν taîs sŭnkhĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠγχῐ́δᾰ tḕn sŭnkhĭ́dă	τὼ σῠγχῐ́δε tṑ sŭnkhĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σῠγχῐ́δᾰς tā̀s sŭnkhĭ́dăs
Vocative	σῠγχῐ́ς sŭnkhĭ́s	σῠγχῐ́δε sŭnkhĭ́de	σῠγχῐ́δες sŭnkhĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “συγχίς, ίδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1421