συγκοπή

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, cut up) +‎ ().

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠγκοπή (sunkopḗf (genitive σῠγκοπῆς); first declension

  1. a cutting up, cutting into small pieces
    • Periplus of the Erythraean Sea 6
    • Longinus 42
    1. (grammar) syncope, cutting a word short by striking out one or more letters
  2. collision
  3. sudden loss of strength, syncope

Inflection

Descendants

  • French: syncope
  • Greek: συγκοπή (sygkopí)
  • Late Latin: syncope

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siŋ.ɡo.ˈpi/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧γκο‧πή

Noun

συγκοπή (sygkopíf (plural συγκοπές)

  1. (medicine) syncope, cardiac arrest, fainting, missed heartbeats
    Έπαθε συγκοπή. Συγκοπή καρδίας, που δυστυχώς ήταν μοιραία.
    Épathe sygkopí. Sygkopí kardías, pou dystychós ítan moiraía.
    He suffered a syncope. A cardiac arrest, which unfortunately was fatal.
  2. (music) syncopation
  3. (grammar, phonology, phonetics)[1] The loss or elision of a vowel between two consonants from the interior of a word. Similar to syncope, contraction.
    e.g. περιπατώ > περπατώ (perpató) syncope of -ι-

Declension

References

  1. ^ συγκοπή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language