Ancient Greek

Adjective

σύμφωνον • ‎(súmphōnon)

1. masculine accusative singular of σύμφωνος ‎(súmphōnos)
2. feminine accusative singular of σύμφωνος ‎(súmphōnos)
3. neuter nominative singular of σύμφωνος ‎(súmphōnos)
4. neuter accusative singular of σύμφωνος ‎(súmphōnos)
5. neuter vocative singular of σύμφωνος ‎(súmphōnos)

Noun

σύμφωνον • ‎(súmphōnon) n ‎(genitive συμφώνου); second declension (Koine)

1. (grammar) consonant

   170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 6.On the Sound

   σύμφονα δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ ἑπτακαίδεκα· β γ δ ζ θ κ λ μ ν ξ π ρ σ τ φ χ ψ. σύμφοναι δὲ +λέγονται+, ὅτι αὐτὰ μὲν καθ’ ἑαυτὰ φωνὴν οὐκ ἔχει, συντασσόμενα δὲ μετὰ τῶν φωνηέντων φωνὴν ἀποτελεῖ.

   The remaining seventeen are consonants: b, g, d, z, th, k, l, m, n, x, p, r, s, t, ph, ch, ps. They are called consonants because they do not have a sound on their own, but, when arranged with vowels, they produce a sound.

Declension

Descendants

• Greek: σύμφωνο ‎(sýmfono)
• Latin: cōnsonāns (calque)