συζυγία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σύζυγος (súzugos, “yoked together, paired”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syz.dy.ɡí.aː/ → /sy.zyˈʝi.a/ → /si.ziˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syz.dy.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.zyˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.zyˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.zyˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.ziˈʝi.a/

Noun

σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ • (sŭzŭgĭ́ā) f (genitive σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. union, junction
2. yoke of animals
3. (generally) pair
4. squadron of four war-chariots
5. coupling, copulation
6. conjunction of words or things in pairs
7. (grammar) conjugation or declension
8. (astronomy) syzygy, alignment of celestial bodies

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ hē sŭzŭgĭ́ā	τὼ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ tṑ sŭzŭgĭ́ā	αἱ σῠζῠγῐ́αι hai sŭzŭgĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς tês sŭzŭgĭ́ās	τοῖν σῠζῠγῐ́αιν toîn sŭzŭgĭ́ain	τῶν σῠζῠγῐῶν tôn sŭzŭgĭôn
Dative	τῇ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾳ têi sŭzŭgĭ́āi	τοῖν σῠζῠγῐ́αιν toîn sŭzŭgĭ́ain	ταῖς σῠζῠγῐ́αις taîs sŭzŭgĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱν tḕn sŭzŭgĭ́ān	τὼ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ tṑ sŭzŭgĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sŭzŭgĭ́ās
Vocative	σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ sŭzŭgĭ́ā	σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ sŭzŭgĭ́ā	σῠζῠγῐ́αι sŭzŭgĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: syzygia
  • → English: syzygy

Further reading

• “συζυγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “συζυγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• συζυγία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette