Συμπληγάς

See also: Κυάνεα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμπλήσσομαι (sŭmplḗssomai, “strike together”) +‎ -ᾰς (-ăs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.plɛː.ɡás/ → /sym.pliˈɣas/ → /sim.bliˈɣas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.plɛː.ɡás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sym.ple̝ˈɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sym.pliˈɣas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sym.pliˈɣas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sim.bliˈɣas/

Proper noun

Σῠμπληγᾰ́ς • (Sŭmplēgắs) f (genitive Σῠμπληγᾰ́δος); third declension

1. one of the two Symplegades

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σῠμπληγᾰ́ς; τῆς Σῠμπληγᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Σῠμπληγᾰ́ς hē Sŭmplēgắs	τὼ Σῠμπληγᾰ́δε tṑ Sŭmplēgắde	αἱ Σῠμπληγᾰ́δες hai Sŭmplēgắdes
Genitive	τῆς Σῠμπληγᾰ́δος tês Sŭmplēgắdos	τοῖν Σῠμπληγᾰ́δοιν toîn Sŭmplēgắdoin	τῶν Σῠμπληγᾰ́δων tôn Sŭmplēgắdōn
Dative	τῇ Σῠμπληγᾰ́δῐ têi Sŭmplēgắdĭ	τοῖν Σῠμπληγᾰ́δοιν toîn Sŭmplēgắdoin	ταῖς Σῠμπληγᾰ́σῐ / Σῠμπληγᾰ́σῐν taîs Sŭmplēgắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Σῠμπληγᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Sŭmplēgắdă	τὼ Σῠμπληγᾰ́δε tṑ Sŭmplēgắde	τᾱ̀ς Σῠμπληγᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Sŭmplēgắdăs
Vocative	Σῠμπληγᾰ́ς Sŭmplēgắs	Σῠμπληγᾰ́δε Sŭmplēgắde	Σῠμπληγᾰ́δες Sŭmplēgắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Συμπληγάς (Sympligás)
• Latin: Symplēgas

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Συμπληγάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette