συμπόσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμπότης (sŭmpótēs, “fellow drinker”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), from σῠμπῑ́νω (sŭmpī́nō, “I drink together”) +‎ -της (-tēs), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) +‎ πῑ́νω (pī́nō, “I drink”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠμπόσῐον • (sŭmpósĭon) n (genitive σῠμποσῐ́ου); second declension

  1. drinking party, entertainment, feast, banquet, convivium, symposium
  2. party, group

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῠμπόσῐον; τοῦ σῠμποσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σῠμπόσῐον
tò sŭmpósĭon 		τὼ σῠμποσῐ́ω
tṑ sŭmposĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ σῠμπόσῐᾰ
tằ sŭmpósĭă
Genitive τοῦ σῠμποσῐ́ου
toû sŭmposĭ́ou 		τοῖν σῠμποσῐ́οιν
toîn sŭmposĭ́oin 		τῶν σῠμποσῐ́ων
tôn sŭmposĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ σῠμποσῐ́ῳ
tōî sŭmposĭ́ōi 		τοῖν σῠμποσῐ́οιν
toîn sŭmposĭ́oin 		τοῖς σῠμποσῐ́οις
toîs sŭmposĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ σῠμπόσῐον
tò sŭmpósĭon 		τὼ σῠμποσῐ́ω
tṑ sŭmposĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ σῠμπόσῐᾰ
tằ sŭmpósĭă
Vocative σῠμπόσῐον
sŭmpósĭon 		σῠμποσῐ́ω
sŭmposĭ́ō 		σῠμπόσῐᾰ
sŭmpósĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σῠμποσῐᾰ́ζω (sŭmposĭắzō)
  • σῠμποσῐαῖος (sŭmposĭaîos)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰκός (sŭmposĭăkós)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰρχέω (sŭmposĭărkhéō)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (sŭmposĭărkhĭ́ā)
  • σῠμποσῐ́ᾰρχος (sŭmposĭ́ărkhos)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰστής (sŭmposĭăstḗs)
  • σῠμπόσῐος (sŭmpósĭos)

Descendants

  • → Greek: συμπόσιο (sympósio) (learned)
  • → Latin: symposium
  • → Latin: compōtātiō (calque)

Further reading

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