σύστημα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From σῠνῐ́στημῐ (sunístēmi, “I place together, associate, unite”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýs.tɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsys.te̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsys.ti.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsys.ti.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsis.ti.ma/
Noun
σύστημᾰ • (sústēma) n (genitive συστήμᾰτος); third declension
- a whole made of several parts or members, system.
- an organized government, confederacy
- a body of soldiers, corps
- flock, herd
- college of priests or magistrates
- (music) the combination of several tones
- the combination of several verses into a whole composition
- the accumulation of sediment
- machine, apparatus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σύ̆στημᾰ tò sústēma |
τὼ σῠστήμᾰτε tṑ sustḗmate |
τᾰ̀ σῠστήμᾰτᾰ tà sustḗmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῠστήμᾰτος toû sustḗmatos |
τοῖν σῠστημᾰ́τοιν toîn sustēmátoin |
τῶν σῠστημᾰ́των tôn sustēmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῠστήμᾰτῐ tôi sustḗmati |
τοῖν σῠστημᾰ́τοιν toîn sustēmátoin |
τοῖς σῠστήμᾰσῐ / σῠστήμᾰσῐν toîs sustḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σύ̆στημᾰ tò sústēma |
τὼ σῠστήμᾰτε tṑ sustḗmate |
τᾰ̀ σῠστήμᾰτᾰ tà sustḗmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σύ̆στημᾰ sústēma |
σῠστήμᾰτε sustḗmate |
σῠστήμᾰτᾰ sustḗmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- συστηματικός (sustēmatikós)
Descendants
- → Latin: systēma (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: систе́ма f (sistéma)
- → Uyghur: سىستېما (sistëma)
Further reading
- “σύστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σύστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σύστημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).
Pronunciation
Noun
σύστημα • (sýstima) n (plural συστήματα)
Declension
Declension of σύστημα
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σύστημα • | συστήματα • |
| genitive | συστήματος • | συστημάτων • |
| accusative | σύστημα • | συστήματα • |
| vocative | σύστημα • | συστήματα • |
Derived terms
- αναπαραγωγικό σύστημα n (anaparagogikó sýstima, “reproductive system”)
- δεκαδικό σύστημα n (dekadikó sýstima, “decimal system”)
- διεθνές σύστημα μονάδων n (diethnés sýstima monádon, “International System of Units”)
- Εθνικό Σύστημα Υγείας n (Ethnikó Sýstima Ygeías, “National Health Service”)
- ηλιακό σύστημα n (iliakó sýstima, “solar system”)
- λειτουργικό σύστημα n (leitourgikó sýstima, “operating system”)
Further reading
- σύστημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
σύστημα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
