σύγχυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) +‎ χῠ́σῐς (khŭ́sĭs, “pouring”), or from σῠγχέω (sŭnkhéō, “to pour together, confound, trouble”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

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 • (sŭ́nkhŭsĭs) 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 sŭ́nkhŭsĭs	τὼ σῠγχῠ́σει tṑ sŭnkhŭ́sei	αἱ σῠγχῠ́σεις hai sŭnkhŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς σῠγχῠ́σεως tês sŭnkhŭ́seōs	τοῖν σῠγχῠσέοιν toîn sŭnkhŭséoin	τῶν σῠγχῠ́σεων tôn sŭnkhŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ σῠγχῠ́σει têi sŭnkhŭ́sei	τοῖν σῠγχῠσέοιν toîn sŭnkhŭséoin	ταῖς σῠγχῠ́σεσῐ / σῠγχῠ́σεσῐν taîs sŭnkhŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́γχῠσῐν tḕn sŭ́nkhŭsĭn	τὼ σῠγχῠ́σει tṑ sŭnkhŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς σῠγχῠ́σεις tā̀s sŭnkhŭ́seis
Vocative	σῠ́γχῠσῐ sŭ́nkhŭsĭ	σῠγχῠ́σει sŭnkhŭ́sei	σῠγχῠ́σεις sŭnkhŭ́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• σῠγχέω (sŭnkhéō)
• χεῦμᾰ (kheûmă)

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.