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συμπίπτω

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From συν- (sun-, together) +‎ πῑ́πτω (pī́ptō, to fall).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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σῠμπῑ́πτω (sŭmpī́ptō)

  1. to fall together, meet violently
  2. to fall in with, meet with (especially with accidents, misfortunes)
  3. to fall upon, happen to (of accidents, ailments, symptoms, events)
  4. (abstractly) to happen, occur
  5. to coincide, agree or be in accordance with
  6. to fall together (i.e. fall in, especially of a house)
  7. to fall together, fall into the same line

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: συμπίπτω (sympípto) (learned)

Further reading

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπίπτω (sumpíptō).[1] By surface analysis, συμ- (sym-) +‎ πίπτω (pípto).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /simˈbi.pto/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧μπί‧πτω

Verb

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συμπίπτω (sympípto) (past συνέπεσα) (intransitive)

  1. to coincide (to occur at the same time)
  2. to coincide (to occupy exactly the same space)
  3. to coincide, to concur (to correspond or agree)

Conjugation

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References

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