συγκοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syŋ.ko.pɛ̌ː/ → /syŋ.ɡoˈpi/ → /siŋ.ɡoˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ko.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syŋ.koˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡoˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syŋ.ɡoˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siŋ.ɡoˈpi/

Noun

σῠγκοπή • (sŭnkopḗ) f (genitive σῠγκοπῆς); first declension

1. a cutting up, cutting into small pieces
   • Periplus of the Erythraean Sea 6
   • Longinus 42
   1. (grammar) syncope, cutting a word short by striking out one or more letters
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 1011E
2. collision
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Arrangement of Words 22
3. sudden loss of strength, syncope
   • Aretaeus of Cappadocia, De causis et signis acutorum morborum 2.3
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Arrangement of Words 15

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠγκοπή; τῆς σῠγκοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠγκοπή hē sŭnkopḗ	τὼ σῠγκοπᾱ́ tṑ sŭnkopā́	αἱ σῠγκοπαί hai sŭnkopaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠγκοπῆς tês sŭnkopês	τοῖν σῠγκοπαῖν toîn sŭnkopaîn	τῶν σῠγκοπῶν tôn sŭnkopôn
Dative	τῇ σῠγκοπῇ tēî sŭnkopēî	τοῖν σῠγκοπαῖν toîn sŭnkopaîn	ταῖς σῠγκοπαῖς taîs sŭnkopaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠγκοπήν tḕn sŭnkopḗn	τὼ σῠγκοπᾱ́ tṑ sŭnkopā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠγκοπᾱ́ς tā̀s sŭnkopā́s
Vocative	σῠγκοπή sŭnkopḗ	σῠγκοπᾱ́ sŭnkopā́	σῠγκοπαί sŭnkopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: syncope
• → Greek: συγκοπή (sygkopí)
• → Late Latin: syncope
  • ⇒ English: syncope

Further reading

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