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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠναιρέω (sunairéō) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.nǎi̯.re.sis/ → /syˈnɛ.re.sis/ → /siˈne.re.sis/
Noun
σῠναίρεσῐς • (sunaíresis) f (genitive σῠναιρέσεως); third declension
- taking or drawing together; contraction, closing
- contraction of front; shortening, reduction of an estimated distance
- aggregation; synthesis; concentration; generalization
458 CE – 538 CE,
Damascius,
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458 CE – 538 CE,
Damascius,
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458 CE – 538 CE,
Damascius,
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Elias, in Porph. 76.19
- (in grammar): synaeresis of two adjacent vowels within one word into a diphthong or a macron vowel.
- (properly) synaeresis, whereby two vowels are not changed, but coalesce into a diphthong, as ὀϊστός, οἰστός
- (but also) contraction, as of κύημα to κῦμα
Declension
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “contraction of front”): αὔξησις (aúxēsis)
- (antonym(s) of “generalization”): διαίρεσις (diaíresis)
- (antonym(s) of “synaeresis”): διαίρεσις (diaíresis)
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