συμμαχία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ (xummakhíā) — Old Attic

Etymology

Abstract noun from σύμμαχος (súmmakhos, “fighting together”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /sym.maˈçi.a/ → /si.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sym.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sym.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sym.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.maˈçi.a/

Noun

σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (summakhíā) f (genitive σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. alliance; an offensive and defensive alliance
2. (generally) the duty of an ally
3. allied or auxiliary force

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē summakhíā	τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ summakhíā	αἱ σῠμμᾰχῐ́αι hai summakhíai
Genitive	τῆς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês summakhíās	τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn summakhíain	τῶν σῠμμᾰχῐῶν tôn summakhiôn
Dative	τῇ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi summakhíāi	τοῖν σῠμμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn summakhíain	ταῖς σῠμμᾰχῐ́αις taîs summakhíais
Accusative	τὴν σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn summakhíān	τὼ σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ summakhíā	τᾱ̀ς σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s summakhíās
Vocative	σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ summakhíā	σῠμμᾰχῐ́ᾱ summakhíā	σῠμμᾰχῐ́αι summakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• συμμαχέω (summakhéō)
• συμμαχικός (summakhikós)
• συμμαχίς (summakhís)
• συμμάχομαι (summákhomai)
• σύμμαχος (súmmakhos)

See also

• ἐπιμαχία (epimakhía)

Further reading

• “συμμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συμμαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adhesion idem, page 11.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • confederacy idem, page 157.
  • federation idem, page 313.
  • league idem, page 482.
  • union idem, page 922.