σύνεσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξῠ́νεσῐς (xúnesis) — Attic

Etymology

From σῠνῑ́ημῐ (sunī́ēmi, “bring together”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

σῠ́νεσῐς • (súnesis) f (genitive σῠνέσεως); third declension

1. a conflux, uniting, coming together
2. understanding, intelligence
3. conscience
4. a branch of art or science
5. a decision or decree
6. (Gnosticism) one of the aeons or emanations of the Godhead, representing intelligence

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́νεσῐς; τῆς σῠνέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́νεσῐς hē súnesis	τὼ σῠνέσει tṑ sunései	αἱ σῠνέσεις hai sunéseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠνέσεως tês sunéseōs	τοῖν σῠνεσέοιν toîn suneséoin	τῶν σῠνέσεων tôn sunéseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠνέσει têi sunései	τοῖν σῠνεσέοιν toîn suneséoin	ταῖς σῠνέσεσῐ / σῠνέσεσῐν taîs sunésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́νεσῐν tḕn súnesin	τὼ σῠνέσει tṑ sunései	τᾱ̀ς σῠνέσεις tā̀s sunéseis
Vocative	σῠ́νεσῐ súnesi	σῠνέσει sunései	σῠνέσεις sunéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σύνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σύνεσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4907 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.
  • acumen idem, page 10.
  • astuteness idem, page 48.
  • breadth idem, page 94.
  • cleverness idem, page 137.
  • common-sense idem, page 148.
  • comprehension idem, page 153.
  • conscience idem, page 161.
  • consciousness idem, page 162.
  • depth idem, page 213.
  • discernment idem, page 229.
  • discrimination idem, page 232.
  • genius idem, page 357.
  • gumption idem, page 379.
  • insight idem, page 444.
  • intelligence idem, page 448.
  • judgment idem, page 465.
  • observation idem, page 567.
  • penetration idem, page 603.
  • perspicacity idem, page 608.
  • profundity idem, page 653.
  • sagacity idem, page 731.
  • sense idem, page 752.
  • shrewdness idem, page 771.
  • understanding idem, page 913.
  • wisdom idem, page 982.
  • wit idem, page 983.