σύμβολον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
from σῠμβάλλω (sumbállō, “I throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, put”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sým.bo.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsym.bo.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.bo.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.bo.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsim.bo.lon/
Noun
σῠ́μβολον • (súmbolon) n (genitive σῠμβόλου); second declension
- a sign or token by which one infers a thing
- a pledge or pawn, on which money was advanced
- in pl. tallies
- at Athens, a ticket, counter
- a permit or licence to reside, given to aliens
- n Eccl. the distinctive mark of Christians, a confession of faith, a creed
- in legal phrase, σύμβολα were covenants between two states for protection of commerce
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ σῠ́μβολον; τοῦ σῠμβόλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σῠ́μβολον tò súmbolon | τὼ σῠμβόλω tṑ sumbólō | τᾰ̀ σῠ́μβολᾰ tà súmbola | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σῠμβόλου toû sumbólou | τοῖν σῠμβόλοιν toîn sumbóloin | τῶν σῠμβόλων tôn sumbólōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σῠμβόλῳ tôi sumbólōi | τοῖν σῠμβόλοιν toîn sumbóloin | τοῖς σῠμβόλοις toîs sumbólois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σῠ́μβολον tò súmbolon | τὼ σῠμβόλω tṑ sumbólō | τᾰ̀ σῠ́μβολᾰ tà súmbola | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠ́μβολον súmbolon | σῠμβόλω sumbólō | σῠ́μβολᾰ súmbola | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: symbolum (see there for further descendants)
References
- “σύμβολον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σύμβολον 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.
- attribute idem, page 52.
- badge idem, page 59.
- check idem, page 128.
- cheque idem, page 129.
- clue idem, page 140.
- counter idem, page 177.
- countersign idem, page 178.
- emblem idem, page 267.
- indication idem, page 432.
- password idem, page 597.
- pledge idem, page 620.
- security idem, page 747.
- sign idem, page 774.
- symbol idem, page 850.
- tally idem, page 854.
- ticket idem, page 873.
- toilsomeness idem, page 880.
- type idem, page 904.
- watch-word idem, page 966.