σύνθημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συντίθημι (suntíthēmi) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýn.tʰɛː.ma/ → /ˈsyn.θi.ma/ → /ˈsin.θi.ma/

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

Noun

σύνθημᾰ • (súnthēmă) n (genitive συνθήμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything agreed upon, preconcerted signal
2. watchword
3. token, sign
4. agreement, covenant

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σῠ́νθημᾰ; τοῦ σῠνθήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῠ́νθημᾰ tò sŭ́nthēmă	τὼ σῠνθήμᾰτε tṑ sŭnthḗmăte	τᾰ̀ σῠνθήμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭnthḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ σῠνθήμᾰτος toû sŭnthḗmătos	τοῖν σῠνθημᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭnthēmắtoin	τῶν σῠνθημᾰ́των tôn sŭnthēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ σῠνθήμᾰτῐ tōî sŭnthḗmătĭ	τοῖν σῠνθημᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭnthēmắtoin	τοῖς σῠνθήμᾰσῐ / σῠνθήμᾰσῐν toîs sŭnthḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῠ́νθημᾰ tò sŭ́nthēmă	τὼ σῠνθήμᾰτε tṑ sŭnthḗmăte	τᾰ̀ σῠνθήμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭnthḗmătă
Vocative	σῠ́νθημᾰ sŭ́nthēmă	σῠνθήμᾰτε sŭnthḗmăte	σῠνθήμᾰτᾰ sŭnthḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παρασύνθημα (parasúnthēma)
• συνθηματιαῖος (sunthēmatiaîos)
• συνθηματίζω (sunthēmatízō)
• συνθηματικός (sunthēmatikós)
• ὑποσύνθημα (huposúnthēma)

Descendants

• Greek: σύνθημα (sýnthima)
• → Hebrew: סיסמה (sismá)

Further reading

• σύνθημα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “σύνθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνθημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σύνθημα in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • agreement idem, page 20.
  • arrangement idem, page 41.
  • bargain idem, page 63.
  • charter idem, page 126.
  • compact idem, page 149.
  • compromise idem, page 153.
  • contract idem, page 169.
  • convention idem, page 173.
  • countersign idem, page 178.
  • covenant idem, page 180.
  • cue idem, page 188.
  • engagement idem, page 274.
  • pact idem, page 588.
  • password idem, page 597.
  • settlement idem, page 758.
  • stipulation idem, page 818.
  • term idem, page 862.
  • treaty idem, page 892.
  • watch-word idem, page 966.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύνθημα (súnthēma) with semantic loan from French signal and Italian segnale in the sense 'signal', from French mot d'ordre in the sense 'watchword, motto' and from English slogan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.θi.ma/
• Hyphenation: σύν‧θη‧μα

Noun

σύνθημα • (sýnthima) n (plural συνθήματα)

1. (security, military) watchword, password, codeword, code
2. signal, cue, prompt (a sign or utterance made to indicate the start of a concerted action)
3. watchword, motto (a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle)
4. slogan (political or commercial)

Declension

Declension of σύνθημα

	singular	plural
nominative	σύνθημα (sýnthima)	συνθήματα (synthímata)
genitive	συνθήματος (synthímatos)	συνθημάτων (synthimáton)
accusative	σύνθημα (sýnthima)	συνθήματα (synthímata)
vocative	σύνθημα (sýnthima)	συνθήματα (synthímata)

Derived terms

• συνθηματολογία f (synthimatología)
• συνθηματολογώ (synthimatologó)

Related terms

• συνθηματικός (synthimatikós)