σύν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Homeric and Old Attic ξύν (xún) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀱 (ku-su) are its supposed early forms. If not (with difficulty, since -υ- (-u-) < *-o- is expected, but -σ- (-s-) < *-s- and -σ- (-s-) < *-ξ- (*-x-) are not) from only Proto-Indo-European *som-, from *sem-, it might be composed of this and *ḱóm.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syn/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syn/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syn/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sin/
Preposition
σῠ́ν • (sún) (governs the dative)
Usage notes
- In compounds it has similar applications, including completeness, simultaneity.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: συν (syn)
- → Dutch: syn-
- → English: syn-, sym-
- → French: syn-
- → German: syn-
- → Italian: sin-, sim-
References
- “σύν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σύν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σύν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4862 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the BibleWoodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conjunction idem, page 160.
- with idem, page 983.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- ^ Beekes RSP · 2010 · Etymological dictionary of Greek: 1038 for analysis.