σύμφυσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμφῠ́ω (sumphúō, “to make to grow together, to unite”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠ́μφῠσῐς • (súmphusis) f (genitive σῠμφῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. Growing together, natural junction, especially of the bones.
    Antonym: ἁφή (haphḗ)
  2. Closing or healing up.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς; τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠ́μφῠσῐς
hē súmphusis 		τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει
tṑ sumphúsei 		αἱ σῠμφῠ́σεις
hai sumphúseis
Genitive τῆς σῠμφῠ́σεως
tês sumphúseōs 		τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν
toîn sumphuséoin 		τῶν σῠμφῠ́σεων
tôn sumphúseōn
Dative τῇ σῠμφῠ́σει
têi sumphúsei 		τοῖν σῠμφῠσέοιν
toîn sumphuséoin 		ταῖς σῠμφῠ́σεσῐ / σῠμφῠ́σεσῐν
taîs sumphúsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν σῠ́μφῠσῐν
tḕn súmphusin 		τὼ σῠμφῠ́σει
tṑ sumphúsei 		τᾱ̀ς σῠμφῠ́σεις
tā̀s sumphúseis
Vocative σῠ́μφῠσῐ
súmphusi 		σῠμφῠ́σει
sumphúsei 		σῠμφῠ́σεις
sumphúseis
Notes:

Descendants

→ New Latin: symphysis

→ English: symphysis

References

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