συγγραφεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠγγρᾰ́φω (sungráphō) + -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /syŋ.ɡra.pʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syŋ.ɡraˈpʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syŋ.ɡraˈɸeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syŋ.ɡraˈfefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siŋ.ɡraˈfefs/
Noun
σῠγγρᾰφεύς • (sungrapheús) m (genitive σῠγγρᾰφέως); third declension
- prose-writer
- author
- historian
- party to a contract
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ σῠγγρᾰφεύς; τοῦ σῠγγρᾰφέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σῠγγρᾰφεύς ho sungrapheús | τὼ σῠγγρᾰφῆ tṑ sungraphê | οἱ σῠγγρᾰφῆς / σῠγγρᾰφεῖς hoi sungraphês / sungrapheîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σῠγγρᾰφέως toû sungraphéōs | τοῖν σῠγγρᾰφέοιν toîn sungraphéoin | τῶν σῠγγρᾰφέων tôn sungraphéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σῠγγρᾰφεῖ tôi sungrapheî | τοῖν σῠγγρᾰφέοιν toîn sungraphéoin | τοῖς σῠγγρᾰφεῦσῐ / σῠγγρᾰφεῦσῐν toîs sungrapheûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σῠγγρᾰφέᾱ tòn sungraphéā | τὼ σῠγγρᾰφῆ tṑ sungraphê | τοὺς σῠγγρᾰφέᾱς toùs sungraphéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠγγρᾰφεῦ sungrapheû | σῠγγρᾰφῆ sungraphê | σῠγγρᾰφῆς / σῠγγρᾰφεῖς sungraphês / sungrapheîs | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: συγγραφέας (syngraféas) (learned)
References
- “συγγραφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- author idem, page 53.
- chronicler idem, page 131.
- commissioner idem, page 148.
- compiler idem, page 151.
- composer idem, page 153.
- delegate idem, page 207.
- deputy idem, page 213.
- historian idem, page 401.
- writer idem, page 993.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siŋ.ɣraˈfefs/
- Hyphenation: συγ‧γρα‧φεύς
Noun
συγγραφεύς • (syngraféfs) m or f (plural συγγραφεῖς)
- (formal) Older form of συγγραφέας (syngraféas)
Declension
- As in the ancient inflection, without the dual or prosody.