σύνταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συντάσσω (suntássō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýn.tak.sis/ → /ˈsyn.tak.sis/ → /ˈsin.dak.sis/

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

Noun

σῠ́ντᾰξῐς • (sŭ́ntăxĭs) f (genitive σῠντᾰ́ξεως or σῠντᾰ́ξῐος); third declension

1. an arranging, putting in order
2. array, arrangement, organization, system, order
3. composition, treatise
4. (grammar) syntax
5. body of troops, contingent
6. company, troupe
7. covenant, previous arrangement
8. tribute, levy
9. subvention, pension

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς; τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς hē sŭ́ntăxĭs	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξει tṑ sŭntắxei	αἱ σῠντᾰ́ξεις hai sŭntắxeis
Genitive	τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξεως tês sŭntắxeōs	τοῖν σῠντᾰξέοιν toîn sŭntăxéoin	τῶν σῠντᾰ́ξεων tôn sŭntắxeōn
Dative	τῇ σῠντᾰ́ξει têi sŭntắxei	τοῖν σῠντᾰξέοιν toîn sŭntăxéoin	ταῖς σῠντᾰ́ξεσῐ / σῠντᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs sŭntắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́ντᾰξῐν tḕn sŭ́ntăxĭn	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξει tṑ sŭntắxei	τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́ξεις tā̀s sŭntắxeis
Vocative	σῠ́ντᾰξῐ sŭ́ntăxĭ	σῠντᾰ́ξει sŭntắxei	σῠντᾰ́ξεις sŭntắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς; τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́ντᾰξῐς hē sŭ́ntăxĭs	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξῐε tṑ sŭntắxĭe	αἱ σῠντᾰ́ξῐες hai sŭntắxĭes
Genitive	τῆς σῠντᾰ́ξῐος tês sŭntắxĭos	τοῖν σῠντᾰξῐ́οιν toîn sŭntăxĭ́oin	τῶν σῠντᾰξῐ́ων tôn sŭntăxĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ σῠντᾰ́ξῑ têi sŭntắxī	τοῖν σῠντᾰξῐ́οιν toîn sŭntăxĭ́oin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν σῠντᾰ́ξῐσῐ / σῠντᾰ́ξῐσῐν têisĭ(n) sŭntắxĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́ντᾰξῐν tḕn sŭ́ntăxĭn	τὼ σῠντᾰ́ξῐε tṑ sŭntắxĭe	τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́ξῑς / σῠντᾰ́ξῐᾰς tā̀s sŭntắxīs / sŭntắxĭăs
Vocative	σῠ́ντᾰξῐ sŭ́ntăxĭ	σῠντᾰ́ξῐε sŭntắxĭe	σῠντᾰ́ξῐες sŭntắxĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: σύνταξη (sýntaxi)
• → Latin: syntaxis
  • → French: syntaxe
  • → Portuguese: sintaxe
• → Russian: си́нтаксис m (síntaksis)

Further reading

• “σύνταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνταξις 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
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • assessment idem, page 45.
  • composition idem, page 153.
  • consistency idem, page 163.
  • consolidation idem, page 164.
  • constitution idem, page 164.
  • construction idem, page 165.
  • contribution idem, page 170.
  • dispensation idem, page 236.
  • embodiment idem, page 267.
  • fabric idem, page 299.
  • formation idem, page 339.
  • frame idem, page 342.
  • mechanism idem, page 521.
  • pension idem, page 603.
  • rate idem, page 673.
  • texture idem, page 863.
  • tribute idem, page 894.