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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Use as a proper noun of σῠνετή (sŭnetḗ, “intelligent, sagacious, wise”, adjective). Compare Σῠνετός (Sŭnetós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.ne.tɛ̌ː/ → /sy.neˈti/ → /si.neˈti/
Proper noun
Σῠνετή • (Sŭnetḗ) f (genitive Σῠνετῆς); first declension
- a slave’s female given name, equivalent to French Synétè
Palatine Anthology 14.123.7–12:
- πιστοτάτοις δμώεσσιν ἐλευθερίην καὶ ἄποινα, / μισθὸν ὑπηρεσίης, τοῖσδε δίδωμι τάδε· / ὧδε δὲ λαμβανέτωσαν Ὀνήσιμος εἴκοσι πέντε / μνᾶς ἐχέτω· Δᾶος δ’ εἴκοσι μνᾶς ἐχέτω, / πεντήκοντα Σύρος, Συνετὴ δέκα, Τίβιος ὀκτώ· / ἑπτὰ δὲ μνᾶς Συνετῷ παιδὶ δίδωμι Σύρου.
- pistotátois dmṓessin eleutheríēn kaì ápoina, / misthòn hupēresíēs, toîsde dídōmi táde; / hôde dè lambanétōsan Onḗsimos eíkosi pénte / mnâs ekhétō; Dâos d’ eíkosi mnâs ekhétō, / pentḗkonta Súros, Sunetḕ déka, Tíbios oktṓ; / heptà dè mnâs Sunetôi paidì dídōmi Súrou.
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