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 • (sŭ́năpsĭs) 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 sŭ́năpsĭs	τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει tṑ sŭnắpsei	αἱ σῠνᾰ́ψεις hai sŭnắpseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως tês sŭnắpseōs	τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν toîn sŭnăpséoin	τῶν σῠνᾰ́ψεων tôn sŭnắpseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠνᾰ́ψει têi sŭnắpsei	τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν toîn sŭnăpséoin	ταῖς σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐ / σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs sŭnắpsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́νᾰψῐν tḕn sŭ́năpsĭn	τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει tṑ sŭnắpsei	τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰ́ψεις tā̀s sŭnắpseis
Vocative	σῠ́νᾰψῐ sŭ́năpsĭ	σῠνᾰ́ψει sŭnắpsei	σῠνᾰ́ψεις sŭnắpseis
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