συμπότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) + πότης (pótēs, “drinker”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.pó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /symˈpo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /symˈpo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /symˈpo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /simˈbo.tis/
Noun
σῠμπότης • (sumpótēs) m (genitive σῠμπότου); first declension
- fellow-drinker, boon-companion, drinking buddy
Inflection
First declension of ὁ σῠμπότης; τοῦ σῠμπότου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σῠμπότης ho sumpótēs | τὼ σῠμπότᾱ tṑ sumpótā | οἱ σῠμπόται hoi sumpótai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σῠμπότου toû sumpótou | τοῖν σῠμπόταιν toîn sumpótain | τῶν σῠμποτῶν tôn sumpotôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σῠμπότῃ tôi sumpótēi | τοῖν σῠμπόταιν toîn sumpótain | τοῖς σῠμπόταις toîs sumpótais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σῠμπότην tòn sumpótēn | τὼ σῠμπότᾱ tṑ sumpótā | τοὺς σῠμπότᾱς toùs sumpótās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠμπότᾰ sumpóta | σῠμπότᾱ sumpótā | σῠμπόται sumpótai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “συμπότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συμπότης 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.
- boon-companion idem, page 89.
- companion idem, page 149.