σύμφωνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “sound, tone”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sým.pʰɔː.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsym.pʰo.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ɸo.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.fo.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsim.fo.non/
Adjective
σῠ́μφωνος • (sŭ́mphōnos) m or f (neuter σῠ́μφωνον); second declension
- agreeing in sound, harmonious
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | σῠ́μφωνος sŭ́mphōnos |
σῠ́μφωνον sŭ́mphōnon |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠ́μφωνοι sŭ́mphōnoi |
σῠ́μφωνᾰ sŭ́mphōnă | ||||||||
| Genitive | σῠμφώνου sŭmphṓnou |
σῠμφώνου sŭmphṓnou |
σῠμφώνοιν sŭmphṓnoin |
σῠμφώνοιν sŭmphṓnoin |
σῠμφώνων sŭmphṓnōn |
σῠμφώνων sŭmphṓnōn | ||||||||
| Dative | σῠμφώνῳ sŭmphṓnōi |
σῠμφώνῳ sŭmphṓnōi |
σῠμφώνοιν sŭmphṓnoin |
σῠμφώνοιν sŭmphṓnoin |
σῠμφώνοις sŭmphṓnois |
σῠμφώνοις sŭmphṓnois | ||||||||
| Accusative | σῠ́μφωνον sŭ́mphōnon |
σῠ́μφωνον sŭ́mphōnon |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠμφώνους sŭmphṓnous |
σῠ́μφωνᾰ sŭ́mphōnă | ||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́μφωνε sŭ́mphōne |
σῠ́μφωνον sŭ́mphōnon |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠ́μφωνοι sŭ́mphōnoi |
σῠ́μφωνᾰ sŭ́mphōnă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σῠμφώνως sŭmphṓnōs |
σῠμφωνότερος sŭmphōnóteros |
σῠμφωνότᾰτος sŭmphōnótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
Noun
σύμφωνος • (súmphōnos) f (genitive σῠμφώνου); second declension
- (Koine) a cough mixture used by Antonius Musa
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῠ́μφωνος hē sŭ́mphōnos |
τὼ σῠμφώνω tṑ sŭmphṓnō |
αἱ σῠ́μφωνοι hai sŭ́mphōnoi |
| Genitive | τῆς σῠμφώνου tês sŭmphṓnou |
τοῖν σῠμφώνοιν toîn sŭmphṓnoin |
τῶν σῠμφώνων tôn sŭmphṓnōn |
| Dative | τῇ σῠμφώνῳ tēî sŭmphṓnōi |
τοῖν σῠμφώνοιν toîn sŭmphṓnoin |
ταῖς σῠμφώνοις taîs sŭmphṓnois |
| Accusative | τὴν σῠ́μφωνον tḕn sŭ́mphōnon |
τὼ σῠμφώνω tṑ sŭmphṓnō |
τᾱ̀ς σῠμφώνους tā̀s sŭmphṓnous |
| Vocative | σῠ́μφωνε sŭ́mphōne |
σῠμφώνω sŭmphṓnō |
σῠ́μφωνοι sŭ́mphōnoi |
Further reading
- “σύμφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σύμφωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4859 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accordant idem, page 7.
- attuned idem, page 52.
- compatible idem, page 150.
- concordant idem, page 156.
- consistent idem, page 163.
- consonant with idem, page 164.
- correspondent idem, page 176.
- harmonious idem, page 386.
- harmony idem, page 386.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiɱfonos/
Adjective
σύμφωνος • (sýmfonos) m (feminine σύμφωνη, neuter σύμφωνο)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | σύμφωνος (sýmfonos) | σύμφωνη (sýmfoni) | σύμφωνο (sýmfono) | σύμφωνοι (sýmfonoi) | σύμφωνες (sýmfones) | σύμφωνα (sýmfona) | |
| genitive | σύμφωνου (sýmfonou) | σύμφωνης (sýmfonis) | σύμφωνου (sýmfonou) | σύμφωνων (sýmfonon) | σύμφωνων (sýmfonon) | σύμφωνων (sýmfonon) | |
| accusative | σύμφωνο (sýmfono) | σύμφωνη (sýmfoni) | σύμφωνο (sýmfono) | σύμφωνους (sýmfonous) | σύμφωνες (sýmfones) | σύμφωνα (sýmfona) | |
| vocative | σύμφωνε (sýmfone) | σύμφωνη (sýmfoni) | σύμφωνο (sýmfono) | σύμφωνοι (sýmfonoi) | σύμφωνες (sýmfones) | σύμφωνα (sýmfona) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο σύμφωνος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο σύμφωνος, etc.)
Related terms
- σύμφωνα (sýmfona, “accordingly”)
- συμφωνημένος (symfoniménos, “agreed upon”)
- συμφωνητικό (symfonitikó, “agreement”)
- συμφωνία (symfonía, “agreement”)
- συμφωνικός (symfonikós, “symphonic”)
- σύμφωνο (sýmfono, “consonant”)
- συμφωνούμαι (symfonoúmai, “to be agreed and accepted”)
- συμφωνώ (symfonó, “to agree”)