-οσύνη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.sý.nɛː/ → /oˈsy.ni/ → /oˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈsi.ni/

Suffix

-οσῠ́νη • (-osúnē) f (genitive -οσῠ́νης); first declension

1. variant form of -σῠ́νη (-súnē) (used sometimes for third-declension nouns)

   ‎μάντις (mántis, “diviner”) + ‎-οσύνη (-osúnē) → ‎μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)

   ‎ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) + ‎-οσύνη (-osúnē) → ‎ἡδοσύνη (hēdosúnē, “pleasure”)

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.b