συναίρεσις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From σῠναιρέω (sunairéō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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σῠναίρεσῐς (sunaíresisf (genitive σῠναιρέσεως); third declension

  1. taking or drawing together; contraction, closing
  2. contraction of front; shortening, reduction of an estimated distance
  3. aggregation; synthesis; concentration; generalization
    • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 96
    • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 277
    • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 280
    • 490 CE – 560 CE, Simplicius, On Aristotle's Physics 635.32
    • Elias, in Porph. 76.19
  4. (in grammar): synaeresis of two adjacent vowels within one word into a diphthong or a macron vowel.
    1. (properly) synaeresis, whereby two vowels are not changed, but coalesce into a diphthong, as ὀϊστός, οἰστός
    2. (but also) contraction, as of κύημα to κῦμα

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