σύνταγμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From συντάσσω (suntássō, “to put together”) + -μα (-ma) and συν- (sun-) + τάγμα (tágma, “command, order”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýn.taŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.taɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.taɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.taɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsin.daɣ.ma/
Noun
σύνταγμᾰ • (súntagmă) n (genitive συντάγμᾰτος); third declension
- (military) a body of troops, squadron, contingent
- (politics, government) the constitution of a state
- (music) an arrangement of musical notes
- a regular collection of writings, a work, book, doctrine
- synonym of σύνταξις (súntaxis)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σῠ́ντᾰγμᾰ tò sŭ́ntăgmă |
τὼ σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ sŭntắgmăte |
τᾰ̀ σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭntắgmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτος toû sŭntắgmătos |
τοῖν σῠντᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭntăgmắtoin |
τῶν σῠντᾰγμᾰ́των tôn sŭntăgmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tōî sŭntắgmătĭ |
τοῖν σῠντᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭntăgmắtoin |
τοῖς σῠντᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / σῠντᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs sŭntắgmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σῠ́ντᾰγμᾰ tò sŭ́ntăgmă |
τὼ σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ sŭntắgmăte |
τᾰ̀ σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭntắgmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́ντᾰγμᾰ sŭ́ntăgmă |
σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτε sŭntắgmăte |
σῠντᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ sŭntắgmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- συνταγματάρχης (suntagmatárkhēs)
- συνταγματαρχίᾱ (suntagmatarkhíā)
- συνταγματικός (suntagmatikós)
- συνταγμάτιον (suntagmátion)
Descendants
Descendants
Further reading
- σύνταγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σύνταγμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “σύνταγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assessment idem, page 45.
- rate idem, page 673.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma). By surface analysis, συντάσσω (syntásso, “to command, organise”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsin.daɣ.ma/
Noun
σύνταγμα • (sýntagma) n (plural συντάγματα)
- (politics, government) constitution
- (military) regiment
- (historical) syntagma (a formation of the Macedonian phalanx)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σύνταγμα (sýntagma) | συντάγματα (syntágmata) |
| genitive | συντάγματος (syntágmatos) | συνταγμάτων (syntagmáton) |
| accusative | σύνταγμα (sýntagma) | συντάγματα (syntágmata) |
| vocative | σύνταγμα (sýntagma) | συντάγματα (syntágmata) |
Related terms
- and see: αντισυνταγματικός (antisyntagmatikós, “anticonstitutional”, adjective)
- συνταγματάρχης m or f (syntagmatárchis, “colonel (army)”)
- συνταγματαρχίνα f (syntagmatarchína, “colonel's wife”)
- συνταγματικός (syntagmatikós, “constitutional”, adjective)
- συνταγματικότητα f (syntagmatikótita, “constitutionality”)
Further reading
- σύνταγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el