συνθήκη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ξυνθήκη (xunthḗkē) – Old Attic
Etymology
From σῠντῐ́θημῐ (suntíthēmi, “to place or put together”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /syn.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /synˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /synˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /synˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sinˈθi.ci/
Noun
σῠνθήκη • (sunthḗkē) f (genitive σῠνθήκης); first declension
- a compounding, especially of words and sentences
- convention, compact
- article of a compact or treaty
- coffin
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠνθήκη; τῆς σῠνθήκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῠνθήκη hē sunthḗkē | τὼ σῠνθήκᾱ tṑ sunthḗkā | αἱ σῠνθῆκαι hai sunthêkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῠνθήκης tês sunthḗkēs | τοῖν σῠνθήκαιν toîn sunthḗkain | τῶν σῠνθηκῶν tôn sunthēkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῠνθήκῃ têi sunthḗkēi | τοῖν σῠνθήκαιν toîn sunthḗkain | ταῖς σῠνθήκαις taîs sunthḗkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῠνθήκην tḕn sunthḗkēn | τὼ σῠνθήκᾱ tṑ sunthḗkā | τᾱ̀ς σῠνθήκᾱς tā̀s sunthḗkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠνθήκη sunthḗkē | σῠνθήκᾱ sunthḗkā | σῠνθῆκαι sunthêkai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπῐσῠνθήκη (episunthḗkē)
Further reading
- “συνθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συνθήκη 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.
- compact idem, page 149.
- convention idem, page 173.
- pact idem, page 588.
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek συνθήκη (sunthḗkē).
Noun
συνθήκη • (synthíki) f (plural συνθήκες)
- (law) treaty
Declension
declension of συνθήκη
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | συνθήκη • | συνθήκες • |
genitive | συνθήκης • | συνθηκών • |
accusative | συνθήκη • | συνθήκες • |
vocative | συνθήκη • | συνθήκες • |
Related terms
- κατά συνθήκην ψεύδη (katá synthíkin psévdi, “conventional lies”)
See also
- συμφωνία f (symfonía, “agreement, symphony”)