σύναψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάπτω (sunáptō, “join together, connect”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sý.nap.sis/ → /ˈsy.nap.sis/ → /ˈsi.nap.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.nap.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.nap.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.nap.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.nap.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.nap.sis/

Noun

σῠ́νᾰψῐς • (súnapsis) f (genitive σῠνᾰ́ψεως); third declension

1. contact
2. point or line of junction
3. union, cluster
4. league

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́νᾰψῐς; τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́νᾰψῐς hē súnapsis	τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει tṑ sunápsei	αἱ σῠνᾰ́ψεις hai sunápseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως tês sunápseōs	τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν toîn sunapséoin	τῶν σῠνᾰ́ψεων tôn sunápseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠνᾰ́ψει têi sunápsei	τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν toîn sunapséoin	ταῖς σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐ / σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs sunápsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́νᾰψῐν tḕn súnapsin	τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει tṑ sunápsei	τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰ́ψεις tā̀s sunápseis
Vocative	σῠ́νᾰψῐ súnapsi	σῠνᾰ́ψει sunápsei	σῠνᾰ́ψεις sunápseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• συναπτικός (sunaptikós)

Descendants

• → French: synapse
• → Greek: σύναψη (sýnapsi) (learned)

Further reading

• “σύναψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύναψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette