σύνδεσμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with”) +‎ δεσμός (desmós, “bond”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýn.dez.mos/ → /ˈsyn.dez.mos/ → /ˈsin.dez.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýn.dez.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.dez.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.dez.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.dez.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.dez.mos/

Noun

σῠ́νδεσμος • (sŭ́ndesmos) m (genitive σῠνδέσμου); second declension

1. bond, band, fetter
2. headband
3. ligament, sinew, joint
4. (grammar) conjunction
5. bundle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σῠ́νδεσμος; τοῦ σῠνδέσμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῠ́νδεσμος ho sŭ́ndesmos	τὼ σῠνδέσμω tṑ sŭndésmō	οἱ σῠ́νδεσμοι hoi sŭ́ndesmoi
Genitive	τοῦ σῠνδέσμου toû sŭndésmou	τοῖν σῠνδέσμοιν toîn sŭndésmoin	τῶν σῠνδέσμων tôn sŭndésmōn
Dative	τῷ σῠνδέσμῳ tôi sŭndésmōi	τοῖν σῠνδέσμοιν toîn sŭndésmoin	τοῖς σῠνδέσμοις toîs sŭndésmois
Accusative	τὸν σῠ́νδεσμον tòn sŭ́ndesmon	τὼ σῠνδέσμω tṑ sŭndésmō	τοὺς σῠνδέσμους toùs sŭndésmous
Vocative	σῠ́νδεσμε sŭ́ndesme	σῠνδέσμω sŭndésmō	σῠ́νδεσμοι sŭ́ndesmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

With heteroclitic neuter plural.

Second declension of τᾰ̀ σῠ́νδεσμᾰ; τῶν σῠνδέσμων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ σῠ́νδεσμᾰ tằ sŭ́ndesmă
Genitive	τῶν σῠνδέσμων tôn sŭndésmōn
Dative	τοῖς σῠνδέσμοις toîs sŭndésmois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ σῠ́νδεσμᾰ tằ sŭ́ndesmă
Vocative	σῠ́νδεσμᾰ sŭ́ndesmă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῠνδεσμεύω (sŭndesmeúō)
• σῠνδεσμῐκός (sŭndesmĭkós)
• σῠνδέσμῐος (sŭndésmĭos)
• σῠνδεσμοειδής (sŭndesmoeidḗs)
• σῠνδέσμωσῐς (sŭndésmōsĭs)
• σῠνδεσμώτης (sŭndesmṓtēs)

Descendants

• Greek: σύνδεσμος (sýndesmos)
• → Latin: syndesmōsis
• → Old Armenian: շաղկապ (šałkap) (calque)

References

• “σύνδεσμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνδεσμος 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
• G4886 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.
  • attachment idem, page 49.
  • bond idem, page 89.
  • fastening idem, page 308.
  • knot idem, page 471.
  • link idem, page 493.
  • tie idem, page 874.
  • union idem, page 922.

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek σῠ́νδεσμος (sŭ́ndesmos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.ðe.zmos/

Noun

σύνδεσμος • (sýndesmos) m (plural σύνδεσμοι)

1. (grammar) conjunction
2. (anatomy) ligament
3. (computing) HTML link
4. union, relationship, contact

Declension

Declension of σύνδεσμος

	singular	plural
nominative	σύνδεσμος (sýndesmos)	σύνδεσμοι (sýndesmoi)
genitive	συνδέσμου (syndésmou)	συνδέσμων (syndésmon)
accusative	σύνδεσμο (sýndesmo)	συνδέσμους (syndésmous)
vocative	σύνδεσμε (sýndesme)	σύνδεσμοι (sýndesmoi)