σύνθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

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 • (sŭ́nthesĭs) 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 sŭ́nthesĭs	τὼ σῠνθέσει tṑ sŭnthései	αἱ σῠνθέσεις hai sŭnthéseis
Genitive	τῆς σῠνθέσεως tês sŭnthéseōs	τοῖν σῠνθεσέοιν toîn sŭntheséoin	τῶν σῠνθέσεων tôn sŭnthéseōn
Dative	τῇ σῠνθέσει tēî sŭnthései	τοῖν σῠνθεσέοιν toîn sŭntheséoin	ταῖς σῠνθέσεσῐ / σῠνθέσεσῐν taîs sŭnthésesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῠ́νθεσῐν tḕn sŭ́nthesĭn	τὼ σῠνθέσει tṑ sŭnthései	τᾱ̀ς σῠνθέσεις tā̀s sŭnthéseis
Vocative	σῠ́νθεσῐ sŭ́nthesĭ	σῠνθέσει sŭnthései	σῠνθέσεις sŭnthéseis
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • combination idem, page 144.
  • compilation idem, page 151.
  • composition idem, page 153.
  • construction idem, page 165.