σύγκλητος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ξύγκλητος (xúnklētos)

Etymology

From σῠγκᾰλέω (sŭnkăléō, to call to council, convoke, convene) +‎ -τος (-tos). In the Byzantine sense, a semantic loan from Latin senātus.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σῠ́γκλητος • (sŭ́nklētosm or f (neuter σῠ́γκλητον); second declension

  1. called together, summoned, invited (guests); convened, convoked; specially assembled

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Noun

σῠ́γκλητος • (sŭ́nklētosf (genitive σῠγκλήτου); second declension

  1. (government, politics) synclite (specially summoned council, assembly of elders (as at classical Athens); legislative body, parliament, congress, senate)
  2. (Koine, history) the Roman Senate in Ancient Rome; supreme administrative and legislative body of the Roman Republic and advisory council of the Roman Empire, convening in the city of Rome
  3. (Byzantine, history) synclite (the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Senate; the legislative, administrative, advisory body of the Byzantine Roman Empire, convening in the city of Constantinople)

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Descendants

  • Greek: σύγκλητος (sýgklitos)
  • English: synclite
  • Late Latin: synclētus, synclītus
  • Russian: сигкли́т (sigklít), синкли́т (sinklít)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek σῠ́γκλητος (sŭ́nklētos), from the ancient adjective σῠ́γκλητος (sŭ́nklētos), from Ancient Greek σῠγκᾰλέω (sŭnkăléō, to call to council, convoke, convene), συγ- (syg-, with, together) +‎ κλητός (klitós, called), equivalent to συν- (syn-) +‎ καλώ (kaló, to call, summon) +‎ -τος (-tos). In historical sense, a semantic loan from Latin senātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiŋ.ɡli.tos/
  • Hyphenation: σύ‧γκλη‧τος
  • Old Hyphenation: σύγ‧κλη‧τος

Noun

σύγκλητος • (sýgklitosf (plural σύγκλητοι)

  1. senate
    1. university or HE governing body
    2. (government, politics) of national government
    3. (history) of Rome or Byzantine Roman Empire

Declension

Declension of σύγκλητος
singular plural
nominative σύγκλητος (sýgklitos) σύγκλητοι (sýgklitoi)
genitive συγκλήτου (sygklítou) συγκλήτων (sygklíton)
accusative σύγκλητο (sýgklito) συγκλήτους (sygklítous)
vocative σύγκλητε (sýgklite)
σύγκλητο (sýgklito)
σύγκλητοι (sýgklitoi)

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