συναφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to join together, connect”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.na.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /sy.naˈɸi/ → /si.naˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.na.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.naˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.naˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.naˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.naˈfi/

Noun

σῠνᾰφή • (sŭnăphḗ) f (genitive σῠνᾰφῆς); first declension

1. connection, union, junction
2. point or line of junction
3. (music) conjunction of two tetrachords

Declension

First declension of ἡ σῠνᾰφή; τῆς σῠνᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠνᾰφή hē sŭnăphḗ	τὼ σῠνᾰφᾱ́ tṑ sŭnăphā́	αἱ σῠνᾰφαί hai sŭnăphaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠνᾰφῆς tês sŭnăphês	τοῖν σῠνᾰφαῖν toîn sŭnăphaîn	τῶν σῠνᾰφῶν tôn sŭnăphôn
Dative	τῇ σῠνᾰφῇ têi sŭnăphêi	τοῖν σῠνᾰφαῖν toîn sŭnăphaîn	ταῖς σῠνᾰφαῖς taîs sŭnăphaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠνᾰφήν tḕn sŭnăphḗn	τὼ σῠνᾰφᾱ́ tṑ sŭnăphā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s sŭnăphā́s
Vocative	σῠνᾰφή sŭnăphḗ	σῠνᾰφᾱ́ sŭnăphā́	σῠνᾰφαί sŭnăphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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