-σύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -οσῠ́νη (-osúnē), -ωσῠ́νη (-ōsúnē)

Etymology

Formerly the feminine gender of adjective -συνος (-sunos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tunos, from *-tus + *-nós.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sý.nɛː/ → /ˈsy.ni/ → /ˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ni/

Suffix

-σῠ́νη • (-súnē) f (genitive -σῠ́νης); first declension

1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns

   ‎δῐ́καιος (díkaios, “just”) + ‎-σῠ́νη (-súnē) → ‎δῐκαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē, “justice”)

   ‎μᾰ́ντις (mántis, “diviner”) + ‎-οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → ‎μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)

   ‎μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) + ‎-οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → ‎μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē, “memory”)

   ‎σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “prudent”) + ‎-σῠ́νη (-súnē) → ‎σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “prudence”)

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη

• δουλοσῠ́νη (doulosúnē)
• δῐκαιοσῠ́νη (dikaiosúnē)
• ἐλεημοσῠ́νη (eleēmosúnē)
• εὐφροσῠ́νη (euphrosúnē)
• μεγᾰλοφροσῠ́νη (megalophrosúnē)
• μᾰντοσῠ́νη (mantosúnē)
• σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosúnē)
• φῐλοφροσῠ́νη (philophrosúnē)
• ᾰ̓φροσῠ́νη (aphrosúnē)
• ῐ̓ερωσῠ́νη (ierōsúnē)

 

Further reading

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.b.3

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek -σύνη (-súnē).

Suffix

-σύνη • (-sýni) f

1. Added to adjectives to form abstract feminine nouns.

   ‎αγράμματος (agrámmatos, “illiterate”) + ‎-σύνη (-sýni) → ‎αγραμματοσύνη (agrammatosýni, “illiteracy”)

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη