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-σύνη
-σύνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -οσῠ́νη (-osúnē)
Suffix
σῠ́νη • (súnē)
- Forms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
- δῐ́καιος (díkaios, “just”) + -σῠ́νη (-súnē) → δῐκαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē, “justice”)
- σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “prudent”) + -σῠ́νη (-súnē) → σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “prudence”)
- μᾰ́ντις (mántis, “diviner”) + -οσῠ́νη (-osúnē) → μαντοσύνη (mantosúnē, “divination”)
Derived terms
- ᾰ̓φροσῠ́νη (aphrosúnē)
- δῐκαιοσῠ́νη (dikaiosúnē)
- δουλοσῠ́νη (doulosúnē)
- ἐλεημοσῠ́νη (eleēmosúnē)
- εὐφροσῠ́νη (euphrosúnē)
- ῐ̓ερωσῠ́νη (ierōsúnē)
- μᾰντοσῠ́νη (mantosúnē)
- μεγᾰλοφροσῠ́νη (megalophrosúnē)
- σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosúnē)
- φῐλοφροσῠ́νη (philophrosúnē)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek -σύνη (-súnē).
Suffix
-σύνη • (-sýni) f
- Added to adjectives to form abstract feminine nouns.
- αγράμματος (illiterate)
αγραμματοσύνη (illiteracy)
- αγράμματος (illiterate)
Derived terms
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References
- ↑ Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary], 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre