σύμπαν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sým.pan/ → /ˈsym.pan/ → /ˈsim.ban/

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

Adjective

σῠ́μπᾰν • (sŭ́mpăn)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of σῠ́μπᾱς (sŭ́mpās)

Noun

σῠ́μπᾰν • (sŭ́mpăn) n (genitive σῠ́μπᾰντος); third declension

1. universe

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σῠ́μπᾰν; τοῦ σῠ́μπᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῠ́μπᾰν tò sŭ́mpăn	τὼ σῠ́μπᾰντε tṑ sŭ́mpănte	τᾰ̀ σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ tằ sŭ́mpăntă
Genitive	τοῦ σῠ́μπᾰντος toû sŭ́mpăntos	τοῖν σῠμπᾰ́ντοιν toîn sŭmpắntoin	τῶν σῠμπᾰ́ντων tôn sŭmpắntōn
Dative	τῷ σῠ́μπᾰντῐ tōî sŭ́mpăntĭ	τοῖν σῠμπᾰ́ντοιν toîn sŭmpắntoin	τοῖς σῠ́μπᾱσῐ / σῠ́μπᾱσῐν toîs sŭ́mpāsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῠ́μπᾰν tò sŭ́mpăn	τὼ σῠ́μπᾰντε tṑ sŭ́mpănte	τᾰ̀ σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ tằ sŭ́mpăntă
Vocative	σῠ́μπᾰν sŭ́mpăn	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ sŭ́mpăntă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σύμπαν (sýmpan)

References

• “σύμπαν” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σύμπαν in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• σύμπαν, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπαν (súmpan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsim.ban/

Noun

σύμπαν • (sýmpan) n (plural σύμπαντα)

1. universe

Declension

Declension of σύμπαν

	singular	plural
nominative	σύμπαν (sýmpan)	σύμπαντα (sýmpanta)
genitive	σύμπαντος (sýmpantos)	συμπάντων (sympánton)
accusative	σύμπαν (sýmpan)	σύμπαντα (sýmpanta)
vocative	σύμπαν (sýmpan)	σύμπαντα (sýmpanta)

Further reading

• σύμπαν on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• σύμπαν, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language