συζυγία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σύζυγος (súzugos, “yoked together, paired”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ • (suzugíā) f (genitive σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. union, junction
  2. yoke of animals
  3. (generally) pair
  4. squadron of four war-chariots
  5. coupling, copulation
  6. conjunction of words or things in pairs
  7. (grammar) conjugation or declension
  8. (astronomy) syzygy, alignment of celestial bodies

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
hē suzugíā		 τὼ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
tṑ suzugíā		 αἱ σῠζῠγῐ́αι
hai suzugíai
Genitive τῆς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς
tês suzugíās		 τοῖν σῠζῠγῐ́αιν
toîn suzugíain		 τῶν σῠζῠγῐῶν
tôn suzugiôn
Dative τῇ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾳ
têi suzugíāi		 τοῖν σῠζῠγῐ́αιν
toîn suzugíain		 ταῖς σῠζῠγῐ́αις
taîs suzugíais
Accusative τὴν σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱν
tḕn suzugíān		 τὼ σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
tṑ suzugíā		 τᾱ̀ς σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s suzugíās
Vocative σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
suzugíā		 σῠζῠγῐ́ᾱ
suzugíā		 σῠζῠγῐ́αι
suzugíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: syzygia

Further reading
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