σύμφυσις
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From σῠμφῠ́ω (sumphúō, “to make to grow together, to unite”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sým.pʰy.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsym.pʰy.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ɸy.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.fy.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsim.fi.sis/
Noun
[edit]σῠ́μφῠσῐς • (súmphusis) f (genitive σῠμφῠ́σεως); third declension
- Growing together, natural junction, especially of the bones.
- Antonym: ἁφή (haphḗ)
- Closing or healing up.
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς hē súmphusis |
τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει tṑ sumphúsei |
αἱ σῠμφῠ́σεις hai sumphúseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως tês sumphúseōs |
τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν toîn sumphuséoin |
τῶν σῠμφῠ́σεων tôn sumphúseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῠμφῠ́σει têi sumphúsei |
τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν toîn sumphuséoin |
ταῖς σῠμφῠ́σεσῐ / σῠμφῠ́σεσῐν taîs sumphúsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῠ́μφῠσῐν tḕn súmphusin |
τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει tṑ sumphúsei |
τᾱ̀ς σῠμφῠ́σεις tā̀s sumphúseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠ́μφῠσῐ súmphusi |
σῠμφῠ́σει sumphúsei |
σῠμφῠ́σεις sumphúseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]→ New Latin: symphysis
- → English: symphysis
References
[edit]- “σύμφυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press