σύστημα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σύστᾱμᾰ (sústāma) Doric
  • σύστεμᾰ (sústema)

Etymology

From σῠνῐ́στημῐ (sunístēmi, I place together, associate, unite) + -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σύστημᾰ (sústēma) n (genitive συστήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. a whole made of several parts or members.
  2. an organized government, confederacy
  3. a body of soldiers, corps
  4. flock, herd
  5. college of priests or magistrates
  6. (music) the combination of several tones
  7. the combination of several verses into a whole composition
  8. the accumulation of sediment
  9. machine, apparatus

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: systēma (see there for further descendants)
  • Russian: систе́ма f (sistéma)
    • Uyghur: سىستېما (sistëma)

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Noun

σύστημα (sýstima) n (plural συστήματα)

  1. system

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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