symposium
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”) συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”).
Pronunciation
Noun
symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)
- A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
- A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.
- Alternative form: symposion
- A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.
- 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
- THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. [...] The work is a symposium by writers who are mostly specialists in the topics about which they write.
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Translations
a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
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a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion
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See also
symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Symposium in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)- “symposium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”) συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sym‧po‧si‧um
Noun
symposium n (plural symposia or symposiums, diminutive symposiumpje n)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
symposium m (plural symposiums)
Further reading
- “symposium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
symposium n (genitive symposiī or symposī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | symposium | symposia |
| Genitive | symposiī symposī1 |
symposiōrum |
| Dative | symposiō | symposiīs |
| Accusative | symposium | symposia |
| Ablative | symposiō | symposiīs |
| Vocative | symposium | symposia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “symposium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “symposium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
symposium n (definite singular symposiet, indefinite plural symposier, definite plural symposia or symposiene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
symposium n (definite singular symposiet, indefinite plural symposium, definite plural symposia)