συμμαχία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ξῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ (xummakhíā) – Old Attic
Etymology
Abstract noun from σύμμαχος (súmmakhos, “fighting together”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sym.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sym.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sym.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.maˈçi.a/
Noun
σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (summakhíā) f (genitive σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- alliance; an offensive and defensive alliance
- (generally) the duty of an ally
- allied or auxiliary force
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē summakhíā | τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ summakhíā | αἱ σῠμμᾰχῐ́αι hai summakhíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês summakhíās | τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn summakhíain | τῶν σῠμμᾰχῐῶν tôn summakhiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi summakhíāi | τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn summakhíain | ταῖς σῠμμᾰχῐ́αις taîs summakhíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn summakhíān | τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ summakhíā | τᾱ̀ς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s summakhíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ summakhíā | σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ summakhíā | σῠμμᾰχῐ́αι summakhíai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- συμμαχέω (summakhéō)
- συμμαχικός (summakhikós)
- συμμαχίς (summakhís)
- συμμάχομαι (summákhomai)
- σύμμαχος (súmmakhos)
See also
- ἐπιμαχία (epimakhía)
Further reading
- “συμμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συμμαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- adhesion idem, page 11.
- alliance idem, page 25.
- confederacy idem, page 157.
- federation idem, page 313.
- league idem, page 482.
- union idem, page 922.