σύντασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συντείνω (sunteínō, “to stretch”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýn.ta.sis/ → /ˈsyn.ta.sis/ → /ˈsin.da.sis/

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

Noun

σῠ́ντᾰσῐς • (sŭ́ntăsĭs) f (genitive σῠντᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. tension, rigidity
2. vehement effort, exertion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́ντᾰσῐς; τῆς σῠντᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠ́ντᾰσῐς hē sŭ́ntăsĭs	τὼ σῠντᾰ́σει tṑ sŭntắsei	αἱ σῠντᾰ́σεις hai sŭntắseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠντᾰ́σεως tês sŭntắseōs	τοῖν σῠντᾰσέοιν toîn sŭntăséoin	τῶν σῠντᾰ́σεων tôn sŭntắseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠντᾰ́σει têi sŭntắsei	τοῖν σῠντᾰσέοιν toîn sŭntăséoin	ταῖς σῠντᾰ́σεσῐ / σῠντᾰ́σεσῐν taîs sŭntắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́ντᾰσῐν tḕn sŭ́ntăsĭn	τὼ σῠντᾰ́σει tṑ sŭntắsei	τᾱ̀ς σῠντᾰ́σεις tā̀s sŭntắseis
Vocative	σῠ́ντᾰσῐ sŭ́ntăsĭ	σῠντᾰ́σει sŭntắsei	σῠντᾰ́σεις sŭntắseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• συντατικός (suntatikós)

Further reading

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