syzygia
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /syːzˈzy.ɡi.a/, [s̠yːz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ʏɡiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sidˈd͡zi.d͡ʒi.a/, [sid̪ˈd̪͡z̪iːd͡ʒiä]
Noun
sȳzygia f (genitive sȳzygiae); first declension
- (astronomy) syzygy, conjunction
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sȳzygia | sȳzygiae |
| Genitive | sȳzygiae | sȳzygiārum |
| Dative | sȳzygiae | sȳzygiīs |
| Accusative | sȳzygiam | sȳzygiās |
| Ablative | sȳzygiā | sȳzygiīs |
| Vocative | sȳzygia | sȳzygiae |
Synonyms
- coniugātiō
Descendants
- English: syzygy
- French: syzygie
References
- “syzygia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- syzygia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- syzygia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette