Ancient Greek

Adjective

σύντομος • ‎(súntomos) m, f ‎(neuter σύντομον); second declension

1. cut short, abridged; especially of a road, as in a short-cut
2. (of language) concise, brief
3. (of stature) short
4. of other things

Declension

Derived terms

• σύντομον ‎(súntomon)
• συντόμως ‎(suntómōs)

Descendants

• Greek: σύντομος ‎(sýntomos)

References

• σύντομος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σύντομος» 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abbreviated idem, page 1.
  • abridged idem, page 3.
  • brief idem, page 98.
  • compendious idem, page 150.
  • compressed idem, page 153.
  • concise idem, page 155.
  • contracted idem, page 169.
  • curt idem, page 191.
  • docked idem, page 245.
  • near idem, page 553.
  • pithy idem, page 615.
  • short idem, page 768.
  • succinct idem, page 834.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύντομος ‎(súntomos)

Adjective

σύντομος • ‎(sýntomos) m ‎(feminine σύντομη, neuter σύντομο)

1. short, curtailed (in extent)
2. short, brief, quick (in duration)

Declension

Related terms

• see: συντομέυω ‎(syntoméyo, “to shorten”)