σύν
Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently from a Proto-Hellenic *ksún, but further connections are uncertain. Younger form of Homeric and Old Attic ξύν (xún), Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀱 (ku-su /*ksun/). These probably reflect Proto-Indo-European *som- (“one, together (with)”) contaminated with the *ḱ of *ḱóm (“beside, with”) along with a conflation of their meanings [1] However, the /u/ is unexpected and unexplained under this proposal. Note that a derivation from *som- alone is impossible, since the *s- would be expected to give h- (aspiration); neither is the ks- explainable from *ḱóm alone. This makes its exact relation to Lithuanian sù and Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) dubious, but if indeed a conflation of *ḱóm and *som-, then it's a cognate relation regardless.
The dative that this preposition governs continues the PIE comitative-instrumental.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syn/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syn/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syn/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sin/
Preposition[edit]
σῠ́ν • (sún) (governs the dative)
Usage notes[edit]
- In compounds it has similar applications, including completeness, simultaneity.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: συν (syn)
- Yevanic: שִׁין (šin)
- → Dutch: syn-
- → English: syn-, sym-
- → French: syn-
- → German: syn-
- → Italian: sin-, sim-
- → Polish: syn-
References[edit]
- “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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the BibleWoodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], 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, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1038
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