-σύνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -οσῠ́νη (-osúnē), -ωσῠ́νη (-ōsúnē)
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.ne/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ni/
Suffix
-σῠ́νη • (-súnē) m (genitive -σῠ́νης); first declension
- Forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
- δῐ́καιος (díkaios, “just”) + -σῠ́νη (-súnē) → δῐκαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē, “justice”)
- μᾰ́ντις (mántis, “diviner”) + -οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)
- μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) + -οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē, “memory”)
- σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “prudent”) + -σῠ́νη (-súnē) → σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “prudence”)
Derived terms
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- ᾰ̓φροσῠ́νη (aphrosúnē)
- δῐκαιοσῠ́νη (dikaiosúnē)
- δουλοσῠ́νη (doulosúnē)
- ἐλεημοσῠ́νη (eleēmosúnē)
- εὐφροσῠ́νη (euphrosúnē)
- ῐ̓ερωσῠ́νη (ierōsúnē)
- μᾰντοσῠ́νη (mantosúnē)
- μεγᾰλοφροσῠ́νη (megalophrosúnē)
- σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosúnē)
- φῐλοφροσῠ́νη (philophrosúnē)
References
- Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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
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