συμπόσιο
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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion) with semantic loan from English symposium (“conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
συμπόσιο • (sympósio) n (plural συμπόσια)
- (originally Ancient Greece) symposium, convivium, drinking party
- symposium (a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | συμπόσιο (sympósio) | συμπόσια (sympósia) |
| genitive | συμποσίου (symposíou) συμπόσιου (sympósiou) |
συμποσίων (symposíon) |
| accusative | συμπόσιο (sympósio) | συμπόσια (sympósia) |
| vocative | συμπόσιο (sympósio) | συμπόσια (sympósia) |
Related terms
- συμποσιακός (symposiakós)
- συμποσίαρχος m (symposíarchos)
- συμποσιαστής m (symposiastís)
References
- ^ συμπόσιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
συμπόσιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
