συμβίωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συμβιόω (sumbióō, “to live together”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.bí.ɔː.sis/ → /symˈbi.o.sis/ → /simˈbi.o.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.bí.ɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /symˈbi.o.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /symˈbi.o.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /symˈbi.o.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /simˈbi.o.sis/

Noun

σῠμβῐ́ωσῐς • (sŭmbĭ́ōsĭs) f (genitive σῠμβῐώσεως); third declension

1. a living together, companionship

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠμβῐ́ωσῐς; τῆς σῠμβῐώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠμβῐ́ωσῐς hē sŭmbĭ́ōsĭs	τὼ σῠμβῐώσει tṑ sŭmbĭṓsei	αἱ σῠμβῐώσεις hai sŭmbĭṓseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠμβῐώσεως tês sŭmbĭṓseōs	τοῖν σῠμβῐωσέοιν toîn sŭmbĭōséoin	τῶν σῠμβῐώσεων tôn sŭmbĭṓseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠμβῐώσει têi sŭmbĭṓsei	τοῖν σῠμβῐωσέοιν toîn sŭmbĭōséoin	ταῖς σῠμβῐώσεσῐ / σῠμβῐώσεσῐν taîs sŭmbĭṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠμβῐ́ωσῐν tḕn sŭmbĭ́ōsĭn	τὼ σῠμβῐώσει tṑ sŭmbĭṓsei	τᾱ̀ς σῠμβῐώσεις tā̀s sŭmbĭṓseis
Vocative	σῠμβῐ́ωσῐ sŭmbĭ́ōsĭ	σῠμβῐώσει sŭmbĭṓsei	σῠμβῐώσεις sŭmbĭṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: symbiosis
• → French: symbiose
• Greek: συμβίωση (symvíosi)

Further reading

• “συμβίωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συμβίωσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette