σύνεσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξῠ́νεσῐς (xŭ́nesĭs) — Attic

Etymology

From σῠνῑ́ημῐ (sŭnī́ēmĭ, “bring together”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

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 • (sŭ́nesĭs) 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 sŭ́nesĭs	τὼ σῠνέσει tṑ sŭnései	αἱ σῠνέσεις hai sŭnéseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠνέσεως tês sŭnéseōs	τοῖν σῠνεσέοιν toîn sŭneséoin	τῶν σῠνέσεων tôn sŭnéseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠνέσει têi sŭnései	τοῖν σῠνεσέοιν toîn sŭneséoin	ταῖς σῠνέσεσῐ / σῠνέσεσῐν taîs sŭnésesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́νεσῐν tḕn sŭ́nesĭn	τὼ σῠνέσει tṑ sŭnései	τᾱ̀ς σῠνέσεις tā̀s sŭnéseis
Vocative	σῠ́νεσῐ sŭ́nesĭ	σῠνέσει sŭnései	σῠνέσεις sŭnéseis
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.