συγκοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, cut up) + ().

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠγκοπή (sunkopḗ) f (genitive σῠγκοπῆς); first declension

  1. a cutting up, cutting into small pieces
    • Periplus of the Erythraean Sea 6
    • Longinus 42
    1. (grammar) syncope, cutting a word short by striking out one or more letters
  2. collision
  3. sudden loss of strength, syncope
    • Aretaeus of Cappadocia, De causis et signis acutorum morborum 2.3
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Arrangement of Words 15

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siŋ.ɡo.ˈpi/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧γκο‧πή

Noun

συγκοπή (sygkopí) f (plural συγκοπές)

  1. (medicine) syncope, cardiac arrest, fainting, missed heartbeats
    Έπαθε συγκοπή. Συγκοπή καρδίας, που δυστυχώς ήταν μοιραία.
    Épathe sygkopí. Sygkopí kardías, pou dystychós ítan moiraía.
    He suffered a syncope. A cardiac arrest, which unfortunately was fatal.
  2. (music) syncopation
  3. (grammar, phonology, phonetics)[1] The loss or elision of a vowel between two consonants from the interior of a word. Similar to syncope, contraction.
    e.g. περιπατώ > περπατώ (perpató) syncope of -ι-

Declension

References

  1. συγκοπή in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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