-σύνη

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formerly the feminine gender of adjective -συνος (-sunos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tunos, from *-tus + *-nós.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-σῠ́νη • (-súnē) f (genitive -σῠ́νης); first declension

  1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
    ‎δῐ́καιος (díkaios, “just”) + ‎-σῠ́νη (-súnē) → ‎δῐκαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē, “justice”)
    ‎μᾰ́ντις (mántis, “diviner”) + ‎-οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → ‎μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)
    ‎μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) + ‎-οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → ‎μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē, “memory”)
    ‎σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “prudent”) + ‎-σῠ́νη (-súnē) → ‎σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “prudence”)

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη

References

  1. ^ -σύνη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας:  [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek -σύνη (-súnē).

Suffix

-σύνη • (-sýni) f

  1. Added to adjectives to form abstract feminine nouns.
    ‎αγράμματος (agrámmatos, “illiterate”) + ‎-σύνη (-sýni) → ‎αγραμματοσύνη (agrammatosýni, “illiteracy”)

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -σύνη
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