συμφωνία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠ́μφωνος (súmphōnos, “agreeing in sound, harmonious”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.pʰɔː.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sym.pʰoˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sym.ɸoˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sym.foˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sim.foˈni.a/
Noun
σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ • (sumphōníā) f (genitive σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- agreement in sound, symphony
- (music) accord, concord (e.g. octave)
- numerous sounds played together, a concert of vocal or instrumental (or both) music
- music
- band, orchestra
- type of musical instrument
- harmony, agreement, accord
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ hē sumphōníā | τὼ σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ sumphōníā | αἱ σῠμφωνῐ́αι hai sumphōníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱς tês sumphōníās | τοῖν σῠμφωνῐ́αιν toîn sumphōníain | τῶν σῠμφωνῐῶν tôn sumphōniôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῠμφωνῐ́ᾳ têi sumphōníāi | τοῖν σῠμφωνῐ́αιν toîn sumphōníain | ταῖς σῠμφωνῐ́αις taîs sumphōníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn sumphōníān | τὼ σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ sumphōníā | τᾱ̀ς σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sumphōníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ sumphōníā | σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ sumphōníā | σῠμφωνῐ́αι sumphōníai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σῠμφωνῐκός (sumphōnikós)
Descendants
- Greek: συμφωνία (symfonía)
- → Aramaic: סוּמְפֹּנְיָה (“probably a kind of musical instrument”)
- → English: symphonia
- → Latin: symphōnia f (“music, symphony”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: симфо́ния f (simfónija, “symphony”) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “συμφωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συμφωνία 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
- G4858 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accord idem, page 6.
- agreement idem, page 20.
- compatibility idem, page 150.
- concert idem, page 155.
- concord idem, page 156.
- conformity idem, page 159.
- correspondence idem, page 176.
- harmony idem, page 386.
- symphony idem, page 850.
- unanimity idem, page 906.
- union idem, page 922.
- unity idem, page 923.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of τσαμπούνα (tsampoúna).
Noun
συμφωνία • (symfonía) f (plural συμφωνίες)
- agreement, concurrence
- consent
- arrangement, pact
- (music) symphony
- settlement
Declension
declension of συμφωνία
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | συμφωνία • | συμφωνίες • |
genitive | συμφωνίας • | συμφωνιών • |
accusative | συμφωνία • | συμφωνίες • |
vocative | συμφωνία • | συμφωνίες • |
Antonyms
- αντιγνωμία f (antignomía)
- ασυμφωνία f (asymfonía)
- διαφωνία f (diafonía)
- διχογνωμία f (dichognomía)
Related terms
- see: συμφωνώ (symfonó, “to agree, to agree with”)
See also
- συνθήκη f (synthíki, “treaty”)