σύνδεσμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sun-, “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.dɛz.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 • (súndesmos) 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 súndesmos	τὼ σῠνδέσμω tṑ sundésmō	οἱ σῠ́νδεσμοι hoi súndesmoi
Genitive	τοῦ σῠνδέσμου toû sundésmou	τοῖν σῠνδέσμοιν toîn sundésmoin	τῶν σῠνδέσμων tôn sundésmōn
Dative	τῷ σῠνδέσμῳ tôi sundésmōi	σῠνδέσμοιν sundésmoin	τοῖς σῠνδέσμοις toîs sundésmois
Accusative	τὸν σῠ́νδεσμον tòn súndesmon	σῠνδέσμω sundésmō	τοὺς σῠνδέσμους toùs sundésmous
Vocative	σῠ́νδεσμε súndesme	σῠνδέσμω sundésmō	σῠ́νδεσμοι súndesmoi
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 tà súndesma
Genitive	τῶν σῠνδέσμων tôn sundésmōn
Dative	τοῖς σῠνδέσμοις toîs sundésmois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ σῠ́νδεσμᾰ tà súndesma
Vocative	σῠ́νδεσμᾰ súndesma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → 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.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

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 •	σύνδεσμοι •
genitive	συνδέσμου •	συνδέσμων •
accusative	σύνδεσμο •	συνδέσμους •
vocative	σύνδεσμε •	σύνδεσμοι •