σύμφυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμφῠ́ω (sŭmphŭ́ō, “to make to grow together, to unite”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠ́μφῠσῐς • (sŭ́mphŭsĭs) f (genitive σῠμφῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. Growing together, natural junction, especially of the bones.
    Antonym: ἁφή (haphḗ)
  2. Closing or healing up.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς; τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς
hē sŭ́mphŭsĭs 		τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει
tṑ sŭmphŭ́sei 		αἱ σῠμφῠ́σεις
hai sŭmphŭ́seis
Genitive τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως
tês sŭmphŭ́seōs 		τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν
toîn sŭmphŭséoin 		τῶν σῠμφῠ́σεων
tôn sŭmphŭ́seōn
Dative τῇ σῠμφῠ́σει
tēî sŭmphŭ́sei 		τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν
toîn sŭmphŭséoin 		ταῖς σῠμφῠ́σεσῐ / σῠμφῠ́σεσῐν
taîs sŭmphŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν σῠ́μφῠσῐν
tḕn sŭ́mphŭsĭn 		τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει
tṑ sŭmphŭ́sei 		τᾱ̀ς σῠμφῠ́σεις
tā̀s sŭmphŭ́seis
Vocative σῠ́μφῠσῐ
sŭ́mphŭsĭ 		σῠμφῠ́σει
sŭmphŭ́sei 		σῠμφῠ́σεις
sŭmphŭ́seis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: symphysis

→ English: symphysis

References

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