σύμμαχος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom συν- (sun-, “with”) + the root of μάχη (mákhē, “battle”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sým.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsym.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ma.xos/
Adjective
editσῠ́μμᾰχος • (súmmakhos) m or f (neuter σῠ́μμᾰχον); second declension
- fighting along with, leagued or allied with
- (nominalized, masculine) ally
- (Byzantine, nominalized, masculine) a kind of public emissary of tax administration
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | σῠ́μμᾰχος súmmakhos |
σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠ́μμᾰχοι súmmakhoi |
σῠ́μμᾰχᾰ súmmakha | ||||||||
Genitive | σῠμμᾰ́χου summákhou |
σῠμμᾰ́χου summákhou |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χων summákhōn |
σῠμμᾰ́χων summákhōn | ||||||||
Dative | σῠμμᾰ́χῳ summákhōi |
σῠμμᾰ́χῳ summákhōi |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χοιν summákhoin |
σῠμμᾰ́χοις summákhois |
σῠμμᾰ́χοις summákhois | ||||||||
Accusative | σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χους summákhous |
σῠ́μμᾰχᾰ súmmakha | ||||||||
Vocative | σῠ́μμᾰχε súmmakhe |
σῠ́μμᾰχον súmmakhon |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠμμᾰ́χω summákhō |
σῠ́μμᾰχοι súmmakhoi |
σῠ́μμᾰχᾰ súmmakha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σῠμμᾰ́χως summákhōs |
σῠμμᾰχώτερος summakhṓteros |
σῠμμᾰχώτᾰτος summakhṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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The form συμμαχίς (summakhís) functions as the feminine of this adjective.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “σύμμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σύμμαχος 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.
- adherent idem, page 11.
- allied idem, page 25.
- ally idem, page 25.
- confederate idem, page 157.
- federal idem, page 313.
- Oertel, Friedrich (1917) Die Liturgie. Studien zur ptolemäischen und kaiserlichen Verwaltung Ägyptens[2] (in German), Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, page 412
Greek
editEtymology
editThe noun is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύμμαχος (súmmakhos, adjective). The adjective is derived from the noun.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσύμμαχος • (sýmmachos) m or f (plural σύμμαχοι)
- ally (a person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate)
- ally (a person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend)
Declension
edit(masculine):
singular | plural | |
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nominative | σύμμαχος (sýmmachos) | σύμμαχοι (sýmmachoi) |
genitive | συμμάχου (symmáchou) | συμμάχων (symmáchon) |
accusative | σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) | συμμάχους (symmáchous) |
vocative | σύμμαχε (sýmmache) | σύμμαχοι (sýmmachoi) |
(feminine):
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | σύμμαχος (sýmmachos) | σύμμαχοι (sýmmachoi) |
genitive | συμμάχου (symmáchou) | συμμάχων (symmáchon) |
accusative | σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) | συμμάχους (symmáchous) |
vocative | σύμμαχε (sýmmache) σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) |
σύμμαχοι (sýmmachoi) |
Alternative nominative/accusative/vocative plural: σύμμαχες
Adjective
editσύμμαχος • (sýmmachos) m (feminine σύμμαχη, neuter σύμμαχο)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | σύμμαχος (sýmmachos) | σύμμαχη (sýmmachi) | σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) | σύμμαχοι (sýmmachoi) | σύμμαχες (sýmmaches) | σύμμαχα (sýmmacha) | |
genitive | σύμμαχου (sýmmachou) | σύμμαχης (sýmmachis) | σύμμαχου (sýmmachou) | σύμμαχων (sýmmachon) | σύμμαχων (sýmmachon) | σύμμαχων (sýmmachon) | |
accusative | σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) | σύμμαχη (sýmmachi) | σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) | σύμμαχους (sýmmachous) | σύμμαχες (sýmmaches) | σύμμαχα (sýmmacha) | |
vocative | σύμμαχε (sýmmache) | σύμμαχη (sýmmachi) | σύμμαχο (sýmmacho) | σύμμαχοι (sýmmachoi) | σύμμαχες (sýmmaches) | σύμμαχα (sýmmacha) |
Related terms
edit- συμμαχητής (symmachitís)
- συμμαχία f (symmachía)
- συμμαχικός (symmachikós)
- συμμαχώ (symmachó)
References
edit- ^ σύμμαχος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
edit- σύμμαχος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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