σύμφυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμφῠ́ω (sŭmphŭ́ō, “to make to grow together, to unite”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sým.pʰy.sis/ → /ˈsym.ɸy.sis/ → /ˈsim.fi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sým.pʰy.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.pʰy.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.ɸy.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.fy.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.fi.sis/

Noun

σῠ́μφῠσῐς • (sŭ́mphŭsĭs) f (genitive σῠμφῠ́σεως); third declension

1. Growing together, natural junction, especially of the bones.

   Antonym: ἁφή (haphḗ)

2. Closing or healing up.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς; τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς hē sŭ́mphŭsĭs	τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει tṑ sŭmphŭ́sei	αἱ σῠμφῠ́σεις hai sŭmphŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως tês sŭmphŭ́seōs	τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν toîn sŭmphŭséoin	τῶν σῠμφῠ́σεων tôn sŭmphŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ σῠμφῠ́σει têi sŭmphŭ́sei	τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν toîn sŭmphŭséoin	ταῖς σῠμφῠ́σεσῐ / σῠμφῠ́σεσῐν taîs sŭmphŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́μφῠσῐν tḕn sŭ́mphŭsĭn	τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει tṑ sŭmphŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς σῠμφῠ́σεις tā̀s sŭmphŭ́seis
Vocative	σῠ́μφῠσῐ sŭ́mphŭsĭ	σῠμφῠ́σει sŭmphŭ́sei	σῠμφῠ́σεις sŭmphŭ́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: symphysis

→ English: symphysis

References

• “σύμφυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press