συμπόσιο

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion) with semantic loan from English symposium (“conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simˈbo.si.o/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧μπό‧σι‧ο

Noun

συμπόσιο • (sympósio) n (plural συμπόσια)

  1. (originally Ancient Greece) symposium, convivium, drinking party
  2. symposium (a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations)

Declension

Declension of συμπόσιο
singular plural
nominative συμπόσιο (sympósio) συμπόσια (sympósia)
genitive συμποσίου (symposíou)
συμπόσιου (sympósiou) 		συμποσίων (symposíon)
accusative συμπόσιο (sympósio) συμπόσια (sympósia)
vocative συμπόσιο (sympósio) συμπόσια (sympósia)
  • συμποσιακός (symposiakós)
  • συμποσίαρχος m (symposíarchos)
  • συμποσιαστής m (symposiastís)

References

  1. ^ συμπόσιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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