Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /syŋɡnómi/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syŋɡnómi/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sĩɡnómi/

Noun

συγγνώμη • ‎(sungnṓmē) f ‎(genitive συγγνώμης); first declension

1. acknowledgement, confession
2. lenient judgement, allowance; fellow feeling with another
3. pardon, forgiveness

Inflection

References

• συγγνώμη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «συγγνώμη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “G4774”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allowance idem, page 23.
  • endurance idem, page 273.
  • exculpation idem, page 289.
  • extenuation idem, page 296.
  • forbearance idem, page 335.
  • forgiveness idem, page 338.
  • indulgence idem, page 435.
  • mercy idem, page 525.
  • palliation idem, page 590.
  • pardon idem, page 592.
  • patience idem, page 598.
  • quarter idem, page 663.
  • remission idem, page 693.
  • tolerance idem, page 879.
  • toleration idem, page 879.

Greek

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Alternative forms

• συγνώμη ‎(sygnómi)

Interjection

συγγνώμη • ‎(syngnómi)

1. sorry (an apology)
2. excuse me, pardon me

Synonyms

• (forgive me): ήμαρτον ‎(ímarton)
• (Pardon, what did you say?): ορίστε ‎(oríste)

Noun

συγγνώμη • ‎(syngnómi) f ‎(plural συγγνώμες)

1. forgiveness

Declension