σύμπας

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From σῠν- (sun-, with, together) +‎ πᾶς (pâs, all, whole).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σῠ́μπᾱς (súmpāsm (feminine σῠ́μπᾱσᾰ, neuter σῠ́μπᾰν); first/third declension

  1. all together, all at once
  2. (with singular mass nouns) the whole

Declension

Further reading

  • σύμπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σύμπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • σύμπας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • σύμπας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σύμπας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963