συναγωγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather together”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɡɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /sy.na.ɣoˈʝi/ → /si.na.ɣoˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɡɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɡoˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɣoˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɣoˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.na.ɣoˈʝi/

Noun

σῠνᾰγωγή • (sunagōgḗ) f (genitive σῠνᾰγωγῆς); first declension

1. gathering, collection
2. a gathering of people, meeting, assembly
3. The place of such an assembly (especially of the Jewish synagogue)
4. a uniting, coupling
5. combination
6. conclusion

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠνᾰγωγή; τῆς σῠνᾰγωγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠνᾰγωγή hē sunagōgḗ	τὼ σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ tṑ sunagōgā́	αἱ σῠνᾰγωγαί hai sunagōgaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠνᾰγωγῆς tês sunagōgês	τοῖν σῠνᾰγωγαῖν toîn sunagōgaîn	τῶν σῠνᾰγωγῶν tôn sunagōgôn
Dative	τῇ σῠνᾰγωγῇ têi sunagōgêi	τοῖν σῠνᾰγωγαῖν toîn sunagōgaîn	ταῖς σῠνᾰγωγαῖς taîs sunagōgaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠνᾰγωγήν tḕn sunagōgḗn	τὼ σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ tṑ sunagōgā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ς tā̀s sunagōgā́s
Vocative	σῠνᾰγωγή sunagōgḗ	σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ sunagōgā́	σῠνᾰγωγαί sunagōgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχισῠνᾰ́γωγος (arkhisunágōgos)

Descendants

• Greek: συναγωγή (synagogí)
• → Coptic: ⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ (sunagōgē)
• → Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍉𐌲𐌴 (swnagōgē)
• → Latin: synagoga (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: сѵнаго́га (sünagóga)
  • → Belarusian: сінаго́га (sinahóha)
  • → Russian: синаго́га (sinagóga)
  • → Ukrainian: синаго́га (synahóha)

Further reading

• “συναγωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συναγωγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4864 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • concentration idem, page 154.
  • contraction idem, page 169.
  • shrinkage idem, page 771.
  • unification idem, page 921.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “gathering”).

Noun

συναγωγή • (synagogí) f

1. gathering (of people)
2. congregation (religious gathering)
3. synagogue (Jewish place of worship)
4. conclusion (reached by a meeting)

Declension

declension of συναγωγή

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	συναγωγή •	συναγωγές •
genitive	συναγωγής •	συναγωγών •
accusative	συναγωγή •	συναγωγές •
vocative	συναγωγή •	συναγωγές •

Further reading

• συναγωγή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el