σύνορος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From σῠν- (sŭn-, “beside, with, along with”) + ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”), from Proto-Hellenic *wórwos (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀺 (wo-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *werw-; possible cognates include Latin urvō (“to trace, mark out bounds”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sý.no.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsy.no.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.no.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.no.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.no.ros/
Adjective
σῠ́νορος • (sŭ́noros) m or f (neuter σῠ́νορον); second declension
- conterminous with, neighboring, bordering
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | σῠ́νορος sŭ́noros |
σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠ́νοροι sŭ́noroi |
σῠ́νορᾰ sŭ́noră | ||||||||
| Genitive | σῠνόρου sŭnórou |
σῠνόρου sŭnórou |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόρων sŭnórōn |
σῠνόρων sŭnórōn | ||||||||
| Dative | σῠνόρῳ sŭnórōi |
σῠνόρῳ sŭnórōi |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόροις sŭnórois |
σῠνόροις sŭnórois | ||||||||
| Accusative | σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρους sŭnórous |
σῠ́νορᾰ sŭ́noră | ||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́νορε sŭ́nore |
σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠ́νοροι sŭ́noroi |
σῠ́νορᾰ sŭ́noră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σῠνόρως sŭnórōs |
σῠνορώτερος sŭnorṓteros |
σῠνορώτᾰτος sŭnorṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | σῠ́νορος sŭ́noros |
σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠ́νοροι sŭ́noroi |
σῠ́νορᾰ sŭ́noră | ||||||||
| Genitive | σῠνόροιο / σῠνορῶ sŭnóroio / sŭnorô |
σῠνόροιο / σῠνορῶ sŭnóroio / sŭnorô |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνορῶν sŭnorôn |
σῠνορῶν sŭnorôn | ||||||||
| Dative | σῠνόρῳ sŭnórōi |
σῠνόρῳ sŭnórōi |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόροιν sŭnóroin |
σῠνόροις sŭnórois |
σῠνόροις sŭnórois | ||||||||
| Accusative | σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρους sŭnórous |
σῠ́νορᾰ sŭ́noră | ||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́νορε sŭ́nore |
σῠ́νορον sŭ́noron |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠνόρω sŭnórō |
σῠ́νοροι sŭ́noroi |
σῠ́νορᾰ sŭ́noră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σῠνόρως sŭnórōs |
σῠνορώτερος sŭnorṓteros |
σῠνορώτᾰτος sŭnorṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Related terms
- συνορέω (sunoréō, “to border, be conterminous with”)
- συνορία (sunoría, “borderland, neighboring location, frontier”)
- συνόριον (sunórion, “borderland, neighboring location, frontier”)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: σύνορον (súnoron, “border, boundary, limit”)
- Greek: σύνορο (sýnoro, “border, boundary; frontier”)
Further reading
- “σύνορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σύνορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σύνορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette