συμπόσιο

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion) with semantic loan from English symposium (“conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simˈbo.si.o/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧μπό‧σι‧ο

Noun

συμπόσιο • (sympósio) n (plural συμπόσια)

  1. (originally Ancient Greece) symposium, convivium, drinking party
  2. symposium (a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations)

Declension

Declension of συμπόσιο
singular plural
nominative συμπόσιο • συμπόσια •
genitive συμποσίου •,  συμπόσιου • συμποσίων •
accusative συμπόσιο • συμπόσια •
vocative συμπόσιο • συμπόσια •

References

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

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