σύναψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάπτω (sunáptō, “join together, connect”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σῠ́νᾰψῐς • (súnapsis) f (genitive σῠνᾰ́ψεως); third declension

  1. contact
  2. point or line of junction
  3. union, cluster
  4. league

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ σῠ́νᾰψῐς; τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠ́νᾰψῐς
hē súnapsis		 τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει
tṑ sunápsei		 αἱ σῠνᾰ́ψεις
hai sunápseis
Genitive τῆς σῠνᾰ́ψεως
tês sunápseōs		 τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν
toîn sunapséoin		 τῶν σῠνᾰ́ψεων
tôn sunápseōn
Dative τῇ σῠνᾰ́ψει
têi sunápsei		 τοῖν σῠνᾰψέοιν
toîn sunapséoin		 ταῖς σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐ / σῠνᾰ́ψεσῐν
taîs sunápsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν σῠ́νᾰψῐν
tḕn súnapsin		 τὼ σῠνᾰ́ψει
tṑ sunápsei		 τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰ́ψεις
tā̀s sunápseis
Vocative σῠ́νᾰψῐ
súnapsi		 σῠνᾰ́ψει
sunápsei		 σῠνᾰ́ψεις
sunápseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → French: synapse
  • Greek: σύναψη (sýnapsi)

Further reading
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