σύστημα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σύστᾱμᾰ (sústāmă) — Doric
- σύστεμᾰ (sústemă)
Etymology
From σῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ, “I place together, associate, unite”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýs.tɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsys.te̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsys.ti.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsys.ti.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsis.ti.ma/
Noun
σύστημᾰ • (sústēmă) n (genitive συστήμᾰτος); third declension
- a whole made of several parts or members, system.
- an organized government, confederacy
- a body of soldiers, corps
- flock, herd
- college of priests or magistrates
- (music) the combination of several tones
- the combination of several verses into a whole composition
- the accumulation of sediment
- machine, apparatus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σῠ́στημᾰ tò sŭ́stēmă |
τὼ σῠστήμᾰτε tṑ sŭstḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ σῠστήμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭstḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῠστήμᾰτος toû sŭstḗmătos |
τοῖν σῠστημᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭstēmắtoin |
τῶν σῠστημᾰ́των tôn sŭstēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῠστήμᾰτῐ tōî sŭstḗmătĭ |
τοῖν σῠστημᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭstēmắtoin |
τοῖς σῠστήμᾰσῐ / σῠστήμᾰσῐν toîs sŭstḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σῠ́στημᾰ tò sŭ́stēmă |
τὼ σῠστήμᾰτε tṑ sŭstḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ σῠστήμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭstḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠ́στημᾰ sŭ́stēmă |
σῠστήμᾰτε sŭstḗmăte |
σῠστήμᾰτᾰ sŭstḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- συστηματικός (sustēmatikós)
Descendants
- → Latin: systēma (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: систе́ма f (sistéma)
- → Uyghur: سىستېما (sistëma)
Further reading
- “σύστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σύστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σύστημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsis.ti.ma/
- Hyphenation: σύσ‧τη‧μα
Noun
σύστημα • (sýstima) n (plural συστήματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σύστημα (sýstima) | συστήματα (systímata) |
| genitive | συστήματος (systímatos) | συστημάτων (systimáton) |
| accusative | σύστημα (sýstima) | συστήματα (systímata) |
| vocative | σύστημα (sýstima) | συστήματα (systímata) |
Derived terms
- αναπαραγωγικό σύστημα n (anaparagogikó sýstima, “reproductive system”)
- δεκαδικό σύστημα n (dekadikó sýstima, “decimal system”)
- διεθνές σύστημα μονάδων n (diethnés sýstima monádon, “International System of Units”)
- Εθνικό Σύστημα Υγείας n (Ethnikó Sýstima Ygeías, “National Health Service”)
- ηλιακό σύστημα n (iliakó sýstima, “solar system”)
- λειτουργικό σύστημα n (leitourgikó sýstima, “operating system”)
Further reading
- σύστημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- σύστημα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el