σύνεδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (súnedros) m or f (neuter σῠ́νεδρον); second declension

1. (of persons) sitting in council with
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.34
   • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 192
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 749
2. (of birds) 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 súnedros	σῠ́νεδρον súnedron		σῠνέδρω sunédrō	σῠνέδρω sunédrō		σῠ́νεδροι súnedroi	σῠ́νεδρᾰ súnedra
Genitive		σῠνέδρου sunédrou	σῠνέδρου sunédrou		σῠνέδροιν sunédroin	σῠνέδροιν sunédroin		σῠνέδρων sunédrōn	σῠνέδρων sunédrōn
Dative		σῠνέδρῳ sunédrōi	σῠνέδρῳ sunédrōi		σῠνέδροιν sunédroin	σῠνέδροιν sunédroin		σῠνέδροις sunédrois	σῠνέδροις sunédrois
Accusative		σῠ́νεδρον súnedron	σῠ́νεδρον súnedron		σῠνέδρω sunédrō	σῠνέδρω sunédrō		σῠνέδρους sunédrous	σῠ́νεδρᾰ súnedra
Vocative		σῠ́νεδρε súnedre	σῠ́νεδρον súnedron		σῠνέδρω sunédrō	σῠνέδρω sunédrō		σῠ́νεδροι súnedroi	σῠ́νεδρᾰ súnedra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		σῠνέδρως sunédrōs			σῠνεδρότερος sunedróteros			σῠνεδρότᾰτος sunedrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• συνεδρία (sunedría)

Noun

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

1. (in form ξύνεδρος) one who sits with others, assessor, assistant
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1382
2. (in the plural, in form ξύνεδρος) select commissioners
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.22
   • 460 BCE – 395 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 súnedros	τὼ σῠνέδρω tṑ sunédrō	οἱ, αἱ σῠ́νεδροι hoi, hai súnedroi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς σῠνέδρου toû, tês sunédrou	τοῖν σῠνέδροιν toîn sunédroin	τῶν σῠνέδρων tôn sunédrōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ σῠνέδρῳ tôi, têi sunédrōi	τοῖν σῠνέδροιν toîn sunédroin	τοῖς, ταῖς σῠνέδροις toîs, taîs sunédrois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν σῠ́νεδρον tòn, tḕn súnedron	τὼ σῠνέδρω tṑ sunédrō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σῠνέδρους toùs, tā̀s sunédrous
Vocative	σῠ́νεδρε súnedre	σῠνέδρω sunédrō	σῠ́νεδροι súnedroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• συνέδρα (sunédra)
• συνεδρεία (sunedreía)
• συνεδρεύω (sunedreúō)
• συνεδριάζω (sunedriázō)

• συνεδριακός (sunedriakós)
• συνεδριάομαι (sunedriáomai)
• συνέδριον (sunédrion)
• συνεδρῑ́της (sunedrī́tēs)

Descendants

• Latin: synedrus
  • English: (obscure) 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.