-σύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-οσῠ́νη (-osúnē), -ωσῠ́νη (-ōsúnē)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

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

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

δουλοσῠ́νη (doulosúnē)
δῐκαιοσῠ́νη (dikaiosúnē)
ἐλεημοσῠ́νη (eleēmosúnē)
εὐφροσῠ́νη (euphrosúnē)
μεγᾰλοφροσῠ́νη (megalophrosúnē)
μᾰντοσῠ́νη (mantosúnē)
σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosúnē)
φῐλοφροσῠ́νη (philophrosúnē)
ᾰ̓φροσῠ́νη (aphrosúnē)
ῐ̓ερωσῠ́νη (ierōsúnē)

References

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

Further reading

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.b.3

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek -σύνη (-súnē).

Suffix

-σύνη • (-sýni) f

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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