συμμαχία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Abstract noun from σύμμαχος (súmmakhos, “fighting together”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sym.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sym.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sym.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.maˈçi.a/
Noun
σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (sŭmmăkhĭ́ā) f (genitive σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- alliance; an offensive and defensive alliance
- (generally) the duty of an ally
- allied or auxiliary force
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē sŭmmăkhĭ́ā |
τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ sŭmmăkhĭ́ā |
αἱ σῠμμᾰχῐ́αι hai sŭmmăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês sŭmmăkhĭ́ās |
τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn sŭmmăkhĭ́ain |
τῶν σῠμμᾰχῐῶν tôn sŭmmăkhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾳ tēî sŭmmăkhĭ́āi |
τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn sŭmmăkhĭ́ain |
ταῖς σῠμμᾰχῐ́αις taîs sŭmmăkhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn sŭmmăkhĭ́ān |
τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ sŭmmăkhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sŭmmăkhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ sŭmmăkhĭ́ā |
σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ sŭmmăkhĭ́ā |
σῠμμᾰχῐ́αι sŭmmăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- συμμαχέω (summakhéō)
- συμμαχικός (summakhikós)
- συμμαχίς (summakhís)
- συμμάχομαι (summákhomai)
- σύμμαχος (súmmakhos)
Descendants
- → Greek: συμμαχία (symmachía) (learned)
See also
- ἐπιμαχία (epimakhía)
Further reading
- “συμμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συμμαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- adhesion idem, page 11.
- alliance idem, page 25.
- confederacy idem, page 157.
- federation idem, page 313.
- league idem, page 482.
- union idem, page 922.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμμαχία (summakhía).[1] By surface analysis, σύμμαχ(ος) (sýmmach(os)) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.maˈçi.a/
- Hyphenation: συμ‧μα‧χία
Noun
συμμαχία • (symmachía) f (plural συμμαχίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | συμμαχία (symmachía) | συμμαχίες (symmachíes) |
| genitive | συμμαχίας (symmachías) | συμμαχιών (symmachión) |
| accusative | συμμαχία (symmachía) | συμμαχίες (symmachíes) |
| vocative | συμμαχία (symmachía) | συμμαχίες (symmachíes) |
Related terms
- see: σύμμαχος (sýmmachos)
References
- ^ συμμαχία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language