συνήθεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From συνήθης (sunḗthēs) + -ια (-ia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sy.nɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syˈne̝.tʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syˈni.θi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syˈni.θi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈni.θi.a/
Noun
σῠνήθειᾰ • (sŭnḗtheiă) f (genitive σῠνηθίᾱς); first declension
- habitual intercourse, acquaintance, intimacy
- habit, custom
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 620a:
- κατὰ συνήθειαν γὰρ τοῦ προτέρου βίου
- katà sunḗtheian gàr toû protérou bíou
- according to the habits of the former lives
- κατὰ συνήθειαν γὰρ τοῦ προτέρου βίου
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῠνήθειᾰ hē sŭnḗtheiă |
τὼ σῠνηθείᾱ tṑ sŭnētheíā |
αἱ σῠνήθειαι hai sŭnḗtheiai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠνηθείᾱς tês sŭnētheíās |
τοῖν σῠνηθείαιν toîn sŭnētheíain |
τῶν σῠνηθειῶν tôn sŭnētheiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠνηθείᾳ tēî sŭnētheíāi |
τοῖν σῠνηθείαιν toîn sŭnētheíain |
ταῖς σῠνηθείαις taîs sŭnētheíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠνήθειᾰν tḕn sŭnḗtheiăn |
τὼ σῠνηθείᾱ tṑ sŭnētheíā |
τᾱ̀ς σῠνηθείᾱς tā̀s sŭnētheíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠνήθειᾰ sŭnḗtheiă |
σῠνηθείᾱ sŭnētheíā |
σῠνήθειαι sŭnḗtheiai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: συνήθεια (synítheia) (learned)
Further reading
- “συνήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συνήθεια (sunḗtheia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈni.θi.a/
Noun
συνήθεια • (synítheia) f (plural συνήθειες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | συνήθεια (synítheia) | συνήθειες (synítheies) |
| genitive | συνήθειας (synítheias) | συνηθειών (synitheión) |
| accusative | συνήθεια (synítheia) | συνήθειες (synítheies) |
| vocative | συνήθεια (synítheia) | συνήθειες (synítheies) |
Further reading
- συνήθεια, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language