σύνταξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From συντάσσω (suntássō) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýn.tak.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.tak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.tak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.tak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsin.dak.sis/
Noun
σῠ́ντᾰξῐς • (sŭ́ntăxĭs) f (genitive σῠντᾰ́ξεως or σῠντᾰ́ξῐος); third declension
- an arranging, putting in order
- array, arrangement, organization, system, order
- composition, treatise
- (grammar) syntax
- body of troops, contingent
- company, troupe
- covenant, previous arrangement
- tribute, levy
- subvention, pension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς hē sŭ́ntăxĭs |
τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξει tṑ sŭntắxei |
αἱ σῠντᾰ́ξεις hai sŭntắxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξεως tês sŭntắxeōs |
τοῖν σῠντᾰξέοιν toîn sŭntăxéoin |
τῶν σῠντᾰ́ξεων tôn sŭntắxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠντᾰ́ξει tēî sŭntắxei |
τοῖν σῠντᾰξέοιν toîn sŭntăxéoin |
ταῖς σῠντᾰ́ξεσῐ / σῠντᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs sŭntắxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠ́ντᾰξῐν tḕn sŭ́ntăxĭn |
τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξει tṑ sŭntắxei |
τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́ξεις tā̀s sŭntắxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́ντᾰξῐ sŭ́ntăxĭ |
σῠντᾰ́ξει sŭntắxei |
σῠντᾰ́ξεις sŭntắxeis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς hē sŭ́ntăxĭs |
τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξῐε tṑ sŭntắxĭe |
αἱ σῠντᾰ́ξῐες hai sŭntắxĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξῐος tês sŭntắxĭos |
τοῖν σῠντᾰξῐ́οιν toîn sŭntăxĭ́oin |
τῶν σῠντᾰξῐ́ων tôn sŭntăxĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠντᾰ́ξῑ tēî sŭntắxī |
τοῖν σῠντᾰξῐ́οιν toîn sŭntăxĭ́oin |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν σῠντᾰ́ξῐσῐ / σῠντᾰ́ξῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) sŭntắxĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠ́ντᾰξῐν tḕn sŭ́ntăxĭn |
τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξῐε tṑ sŭntắxĭe |
τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́ξῑς / σῠντᾰ́ξῐᾰς tā̀s sŭntắxīs / sŭntắxĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́ντᾰξῐ sŭ́ntăxĭ |
σῠντᾰ́ξῐε sŭntắxĭe |
σῠντᾰ́ξῐες sŭntắxĭes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: σύνταξη (sýntaxi)
- → Latin: syntaxis
- → Russian: си́нтаксис m (síntaksis)
Further reading
- “σύνταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σύνταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assessment idem, page 45.
- composition idem, page 153.
- consistency idem, page 163.
- consolidation idem, page 164.
- constitution idem, page 164.
- construction idem, page 165.
- contribution idem, page 170.
- dispensation idem, page 236.
- embodiment idem, page 267.
- fabric idem, page 299.
- formation idem, page 339.
- frame idem, page 342.
- mechanism idem, page 521.
- pension idem, page 603.
- rate idem, page 673.
- texture idem, page 863.
- tribute idem, page 894.