σύναψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάπτω (sunáptō, “join together, connect”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠ́νᾰψῐς • (sŭ́năpsĭs) f (genitive σῠνᾰ́ψεως); third declension

  1. contact
  2. point or line of junction
  3. union, cluster
  4. league

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́νᾰψῐς; τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠ́νᾰψῐς
hē sŭ́năpsĭs 		τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει
tṑ sŭnắpsei 		αἱ σῠνᾰ́ψεις
hai sŭnắpseis
Genitive τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως
tês sŭnắpseōs 		τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν
toîn sŭnăpséoin 		τῶν σῠνᾰ́ψεων
tôn sŭnắpseōn
Dative τῇ σῠνᾰ́ψει
tēî sŭnắpsei 		τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν
toîn sŭnăpséoin 		ταῖς σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐ / σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐν
taîs sŭnắpsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν σῠ́νᾰψῐν
tḕn sŭ́năpsĭn 		τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει
tṑ sŭnắpsei 		τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰ́ψεις
tā̀s sŭnắpseis
Vocative σῠ́νᾰψῐ
sŭ́năpsĭ 		σῠνᾰ́ψει
sŭnắpsei 		σῠνᾰ́ψεις
sŭnắpseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: synapse
  • → Greek: σύναψη (sýnapsi) (learned)

Further reading

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