σύν

See also: συν, συν-, and Appendix:Variations of "sun"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ξύν (xún) – Homeric, Old Attic
σούν (soún) – Boeotian

Etymology

Homeric and Old Attic ξύν (xún) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀱 (ku-su) are its supposed early forms. If not (with difficulty, since -υ- (-u-) < *-o- is expected, but -σ- (-s-) < *-s- and -σ- (-s-) < *-ξ- (*-x-) are not) from only Proto-Indo-European *som-, from *sem-, it might be composed of this and *ḱóm.[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syn/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syn/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syn/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sin/

Preposition

σῠ́ν • (sún) (governs the dative)

beside, with.

Usage notes

In compounds it has similar applications, including completeness, simultaneity.

Derived terms

μεταξύ (metaxú)
ξυνός (xunós)
συν- (sun-)

Descendants

Greek: συν (syn)
→ Dutch: syn-
→ English: syn-, sym-
→ French: syn-
→ German: syn-
→ Italian: sin-, sim-

References

σύν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σύν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σύν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G4862 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conjunction idem, page 160.
- with idem, page 983.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Beekes RSP · 2010 · Etymological dictionary of Greek: 1038 for analysis.

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[1] Beekes RSP · 2010 · Etymological dictionary of Greek: 1038 for analysis.