συντονία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠ́ντονος (sŭ́ntonos, “intense”) + -ίᾱ (-íā), the former from συν- (sun-) + τόνος (tónos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /syn.to.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syn.toˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syn.toˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syn.toˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sin.doˈni.a/
Noun
σῠντονίᾱ • (sŭntoníā) f (genitive σῠντονίᾱς); first declension
- (of the body) tension
- (figurative) focus, diligence, concentration
- intensity, intense application or exertion
- force
- Epicurius, 3.10
- agreement, harmony
- Chrysippus, 2.172.19
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ σῠντονῐ́ᾱ hē sŭntonĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠντονῐ́ᾱς tês sŭntonĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠντονῐ́ᾳ tēî sŭntonĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠντονῐ́ᾱν tḕn sŭntonĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠντονῐ́ᾱ sŭntonĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
Further reading
- συντονία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- συντονία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “συντονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press