σύγχυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sun-, “together”) +‎ χῠ́σῐς (khúsis, “pouring”), or from σῠγχέω (sunkhéō, “to pour together, confound, trouble”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýŋ.kʰy.sis/ → /ˈsyɲ.çy.sis/ → /ˈsiɲ.çi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýŋ.kʰy.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsyŋ.kʰy.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyɲ.çy.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyɲ.çy.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɲ.çi.sis/

Noun

σῠ́γχῠσῐς • (súnkhusis) f (genitive σῠγχῠ́σεως); third declension

1. a mixing
2. confounding
3. disturbing
4. overthrow, revolt

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́γχῠσῐς; τῆς σῠγχῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́γχῠσῐς hē súnkhusis	τὼ σῠγχῠ́σει tṑ sunkhúsei	αἱ σῠγχῠ́σεις hai sunkhúseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠγχῠ́σεως tês sunkhúseōs	τοῖν σῠγχῠσέοιν toîn sunkhuséoin	τῶν σῠγχῠ́σεων tôn sunkhúseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠγχῠ́σει têi sunkhúsei	τοῖν σῠγχῠσέοιν toîn sunkhuséoin	ταῖς σῠγχῠ́σεσῐ / σῠγχῠ́σεσῐν taîs sunkhúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́γχῠσῐν tḕn súnkhusin	τὼ σῠγχῠ́σει tṑ sunkhúsei	τᾱ̀ς σῠγχῠ́σεις tā̀s sunkhúseis
Vocative	σῠ́γχῠσῐ súnkhusi	σῠγχῠ́σει sunkhúsei	σῠγχῠ́σεις sunkhúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• σῠγχέω (sunkhéō)
• χεῦμᾰ (kheûma)

References

• “σύγχυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύγχυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4799 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • breach idem, page 94.
  • contravention idem, page 169.
  • disruption idem, page 239.
  • embarrassment idem, page 267.
  • infraction idem, page 439.
  • infringement idem, page 439.
  • rupture idem, page 727.
  • tangle idem, page 855.
  • transgression idem, page 888.
  • violation idem, page 953.