σύμβασις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξῠ́μβᾰσῐς (xúmbasis) — Old Attic

Etymology

σῠμβαίνω (sumbaínō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sým.ba.sis/ → /ˈsym.ba.sis/ → /ˈsim.ba.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sým.ba.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.ba.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.ba.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.ba.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.ba.sis/

Noun

σῠ́μβᾰσῐς • (súmbasis) f (genitive σῠμβᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. agreement, arrangement, treaty
2. conjunction
3. coincidence

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́μβᾰσῐς; τῆς σῠμβᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́μβᾰσῐς hē súmbasis	αἱ σῠμβᾰ́σεις hai sumbáseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠμβᾰ́σεως tês sumbáseōs	τῶν σῠμβᾰ́σεων tôn sumbáseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠμβᾰ́σει têi sumbásei	ταῖς σῠμβᾰ́σεσῐ / σῠμβᾰ́σεσῐν taîs sumbásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́μβᾰσῐν tḕn súmbasin	τᾱ̀ς σῠμβᾰ́σεις tā̀s sumbáseis
Vocative	σῠ́μβᾰσῐ súmbasi	σῠμβᾰ́σεις sumbáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́μβᾰσῐς; τῆς σῠμβᾰ́σῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́μβᾰσῐς hē súmbasis	αἱ σῠμβᾰ́σῐες hai sumbásies
Genitive	τῆς σῠμβᾰ́σῐος tês sumbásios	τῶν σῠμβᾰσῐ́ων tôn sumbasíōn
Dative	τῇ σῠμβᾰ́σῑ têi sumbásī	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν σῠμβᾰ́σῐσῐ / σῠμβᾰ́σῐσῐν têisi(n) sumbásisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́μβᾰσῐν tḕn súmbasin	τᾱ̀ς σῠμβᾰ́σῑς / σῠμβᾰ́σῐᾰς tā̀s sumbásīs / sumbásias
Vocative	σῠ́μβᾰσῐ súmbasi	σῠμβᾰ́σῐες sumbásies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “σύμβασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σύμβασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers