συμμορία

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμμορία (summoría, “symmoria”), with semantic loan from French bande in the sense 'gang, band'.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.moˈɾi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: συμ‧μο‧ρί‧α

Noun

συμμορία • (symmoría) f (plural συμμορίες)

  1. gang, band (group of criminals)
    συμμορία ληστών ― symmoría listón ― gang of robbers/thieves
    συμμορία κλεφτών ― symmoría kleftón ― gang of thieves, band of thieves
  2. gang, crew, bunch (group of friends or associates)
  3. (Ancient Greece) symmoria (group of wealthy citizens in Classical Athens assessed together for the purposes of taxation)

Declension

Declension of συμμορία
singular plural
nominative συμμορία • συμμορίες •
genitive συμμορίας • συμμοριών •
accusative συμμορία • συμμορίες •
vocative συμμορία • συμμορίες •

References

  1. ^ συμμορία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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