σύνθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠντῐ́θημῐ (suntíthēmi) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýn.tʰe.sis/ → /ˈsyn.θe.sis/ → /ˈsin.θe.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýn.tʰe.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.tʰe.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.θe.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.θe.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.θe.sis/

Noun

σῠ́νθεσῐς • (súnthesis) f (genitive σῠνθέσεως); third declension

1. a putting together, composition, combination, juxtaposition, synthesis
2. (mathematics) addition
3. agreement, treaty
4. collection

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́νθεσῐς; τῆς σῠνθέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́νθεσῐς hē súnthesis	τὼ σῠνθέσει tṑ sunthései	αἱ σῠνθέσεις hai sunthéseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠνθέσεως tês sunthéseōs	τοῖν σῠνθεσέοιν toîn suntheséoin	τῶν σῠνθέσεων tôn sunthéseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠνθέσει têi sunthései	τοῖν σῠνθεσέοιν toîn suntheséoin	ταῖς σῠνθέσεσῐ / σῠνθέσεσῐν taîs sunthésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́νθεσῐν tḕn súnthesin	τὼ σῠνθέσει tṑ sunthései	τᾱ̀ς σῠνθέσεις tā̀s sunthéseis
Vocative	σῠ́νθεσῐ súnthesi	σῠνθέσει sunthései	σῠνθέσεις sunthéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• ἀνάλυσις (análusis)

Descendants

• Greek: σύνθεση (sýnthesi)
• → Latin: synthesis
  • English: synthesis
  • French: synthèse
  • Russian: си́нтез m (síntez)

Further reading

• “σύνθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σύνθεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • combination idem, page 144.
  • compilation idem, page 151.
  • composition idem, page 153.
  • construction idem, page 165.