-σύνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -οσῠ́νη (-osŭ́nē), -ωσῠ́νη (-ōsŭ́nē)
Etymology
Formerly the feminine gender of adjective -συνος (-sunos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tunos, from *-tus + *-nós.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ni/
Suffix
-σῠ́νη • (-sŭ́nē) f (genitive -σῠ́νης); first declension
- Forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
- δῐ́καιος (dĭ́kaios, “just”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē) → δῐκαιοσύνη (dĭkaiosúnē, “justice”)
- μᾰ́ντις (mắntis, “diviner”) + -οσῠ́νη (-osŭ́nē) → μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)
- μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) + -οσῠ́νη (-osŭ́nē) → μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē, “memory”)
- σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “prudent”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē) → σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “prudence”)
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη
- ᾰ̓φροσῠ́νη (ăphrosŭ́nē)
- δῐκαιοσῠ́νη (dĭkaiosŭ́nē)
- δουλοσῠ́νη (doulosŭ́nē)
- ἐλεημοσῠ́νη (eleēmosŭ́nē)
- εὐφροσῠ́νη (euphrosŭ́nē)
- ῐ̓ερωσῠ́νη (ĭerōsŭ́nē)
- μᾰντοσῠ́νη (măntosŭ́nē)
- μεγᾰλοφροσῠ́νη (megălophrosŭ́nē)
- σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosŭ́nē)
- φῐλοφροσῠ́νη (phĭlophrosŭ́nē)
References
- ^ -σύνη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.b.3
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek -σύνη (-súnē).
Suffix
-σύνη • (-sýni) f
- Added to adjectives to form abstract feminine nouns.
- αγράμματος (agrámmatos, “illiterate”) + -σύνη (-sýni) → αγραμματοσύνη (agrammatosýni, “illiteracy”)
Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη