-οσύνη

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.sý.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈsy.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈsy.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈsy.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈsi.ni/

Suffix

-οσῠ́νη • (-osŭ́nē) f (genitive -οσῠ́νης); first declension

variant form of -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē) (used sometimes for third-declension nouns)
‎μάντις (mántis, “diviner”) + ‎-οσύνη (-osúnē) → ‎μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)

‎ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) + ‎-οσύνη (-osúnē) → ‎ἡδοσύνη (hēdosúnē, “pleasure”)

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.b

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