συζυγία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σύζυγος (súzugos, “yoked together, paired”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ • (sŭzŭgĭ́ā) f (genitive σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. union, junction
  2. yoke of animals
  3. (generally) pair
  4. squadron of four war-chariots
  5. coupling, copulation
  6. conjunction of words or things in pairs
  7. (grammar) conjugation or declension
  8. (astronomy) syzygy, alignment of celestial bodies

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
hē sŭzŭgĭ́ā 		τὼ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
tṑ sŭzŭgĭ́ā 		αἱ σῠζῠγῐ́αι
hai sŭzŭgĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς
tês sŭzŭgĭ́ās 		τοῖν σῠζῠγῐ́αιν
toîn sŭzŭgĭ́ain 		τῶν σῠζῠγῐῶν
tôn sŭzŭgĭôn
Dative τῇ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾳ
tēî sŭzŭgĭ́āi 		τοῖν σῠζῠγῐ́αιν
toîn sŭzŭgĭ́ain 		ταῖς σῠζῠγῐ́αις
taîs sŭzŭgĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱν
tḕn sŭzŭgĭ́ān 		τὼ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
tṑ sŭzŭgĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s sŭzŭgĭ́ās
Vocative σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
sŭzŭgĭ́ā 		σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
sŭzŭgĭ́ā 		σῠζῠγῐ́αι
sŭzŭgĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: syzygia

Further reading

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