συν-
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ξῠν- (xŭn-) — Old Attic
- σῠ- (sŭ-), ξῠ- (xŭ-) — before ζ (z) and before σ (s) plus consonant
- σῠγ- (sŭg-), ξῠγ- (xŭg-) — before the velar consonants γ (g), κ (k), ξ (x), χ (kh)
- σῠλ- (sŭl-), ξῠλ- (xŭl-) — before λ (l)
- σῠμ- (sŭm-), ξῠμ- (xŭm-) — before the labial consonants β (b), μ (m), π (p), φ (ph)
- σῠρ- (sŭr-), ξῠρ- (xŭr-) — before ρ (r)
- σῠσ- (sŭs-), ξῠσ- (xŭs-) — before σ (s) plus a vowel
Etymology
[edit]Prefix version of the preposition σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with”).
Prefix
[edit]σῠν- • (sŭn-)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “σύν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- συν- or σύν- before vowels, dental consonants and [n]
- συ-, σύ- (sy-, sý-) before sibilants [s] (+consonant) and [z] and colloquially before [v, γ, δ, f, x, θ, ks, ps]
- συγ-, σύγ- (syg-, sýg-) before the consonants κ, γ, χ (k, g, ch) pronounced /siŋ/
- συλ-, σύλ- (syl-, sýl-) before [l] λ (l) pronounced /sil/ (only one [l])
- συμ-, σύμ- (sym-, sým-) before the labial consonants [p, v, f, m] π, β, φ, μ (p, v, f, m)
- συρ-, σύρ- (syr-, sýr-) before [r] ρ (r)
- συσ-, σύσ- (sys-, sýs-) often before [s] σ (s)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σῠν- from preposition σύν (sún, “with”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]συν- • (syn-)
- with, together, co-, syn-
- συν- (syn-) + αγωνίζομαι (agonízomai, “strive”) → συναγωνίζομαι (synagonízomai, “compete”)
- indicates completeness
- indicates similarity
Derived terms
[edit]and
Category Greek terms prefixed with συσ- not found
Further reading
[edit]- "συν-", in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek prefixes
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek prefixes