σύνεδρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξῠ́νεδρος (xŭ́nedros)

Etymology

Formed as σῠν- (sŭn-, “with”) +‎ ἕδρᾱ (hédrā, “seat; session”); the noun is a substantive use of the adjective.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sý.ne.dros/ → /ˈsy.ne.ðros/ → /ˈsi.ne.ðros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.ne.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne.ðros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne.ðros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ne.ðros/

Adjective

σῠ́νεδρος • (sŭ́nedros) m or f (neuter σῠ́νεδρον); second declension

1. (of a person) sitting in council with
   • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.34
   • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 192
   • c. 445 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 749
2. (of a bird) sitting together; friendly
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 608b.29

Declension

Second declension of σῠ́νεδρος; σῠ́νεδρον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σῠ́νεδρος sŭ́nedros		σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron		σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō		σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō		σῠ́νεδροι sŭ́nedroi		σῠ́νεδρᾰ sŭ́nedră
Genitive		σῠνέδρου sŭnédrou		σῠνέδρου sŭnédrou		σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin		σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin		σῠνέδρων sŭnédrōn		σῠνέδρων sŭnédrōn
Dative		σῠνέδρῳ sŭnédrōi		σῠνέδρῳ sŭnédrōi		σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin		σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin		σῠνέδροις sŭnédrois		σῠνέδροις sŭnédrois
Accusative		σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron		σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron		σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō		σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō		σῠνέδρους sŭnédrous		σῠ́νεδρᾰ sŭ́nedră
Vocative		σῠ́νεδρε sŭ́nedre		σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron		σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō		σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō		σῠ́νεδροι sŭ́nedroi		σῠ́νεδρᾰ sŭ́nedră
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σῠνέδρως sŭnédrōs				σῠνεδρότερος sŭnedróteros				σῠνεδρότᾰτος sŭnedrótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῠνέδρᾱ (sŭnédrā)
• σῠνεδρείᾱ (sŭnedreíā)
• σῠνεδρεύω (sŭnedreúō)
• σῠνεδρῐ́ᾱ (sŭnedrĭ́ā)
• σῠνεδρῐᾰ́ζω (sŭnedrĭắzō)
• σῠνεδρῐᾰκός (sŭnedrĭăkós)
• σῠνεδρῐᾰ́ομαι (sŭnedrĭắomai)
• σῠνέδρῐον (sŭnédrĭon)
• σῠνεδρῑ́της (sŭnedrī́tēs)

Descendants

• → Greek: σύνεδρος (sýnedros)

Noun

σῠ́νεδρος • (sŭ́nedros) m or f (genitive σῠνέδρου); second declension

1. one who sits with others; assessor; assistant
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1382
2. elected committee member; select commissioner; selectman
   • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.22
   • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.86
3. (in the plural) delegates to an assembly
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Peace 8.29
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 24.150
4. (in the plural) council of elders, senate

Declension

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ σῠ́νεδρος; τοῦ / τῆς σῠνέδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ σῠ́νεδρος ho / hē sŭ́nedros	τὼ σῠνέδρω tṑ sŭnédrō	οἱ / αἱ σῠ́νεδροι hoi / hai sŭ́nedroi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς σῠνέδρου toû / tês sŭnédrou	τοῖν σῠνέδροιν toîn sŭnédroin	τῶν σῠνέδρων tôn sŭnédrōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ σῠνέδρῳ tōî / tēî sŭnédrōi	τοῖν σῠνέδροιν toîn sŭnédroin	τοῖς / ταῖς σῠνέδροις toîs / taîs sŭnédrois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν σῠ́νεδρον tòn / tḕn sŭ́nedron	τὼ σῠνέδρω tṑ sŭnédrō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς σῠνέδρους toùs / tā̀s sŭnédrous
Vocative	σῠ́νεδρε sŭ́nedre	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠ́νεδροι sŭ́nedroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: synedrus
  • English: (rare) synedrous

References

• “σύνεδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνεδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • assembled idem, page 45.
  • assessor idem, page 46.
  • commissioner idem, page 148.
  • sitting together idem, page 779.