σύνεσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξῠ́νεσῐς (xŭ́nesĭs) — Old Attic

Etymology

From σῠνῑ́ημῐ (sŭnī́ēmĭ, “bring together”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sý.ne.sis/ → /ˈsy.ne.sis/ → /ˈsi.ne.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.ne.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne.sis/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ne.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ne.sis/

Noun

σῠ́νεσῐς • (sŭ́nesĭs) f (genitive σῠνέσεως); third declension

1. a conflux; a uniting; a coming together
2. understanding, intelligence
3. conscience
4. a branch of art or science
5. a decision or decree
6. (Gnosticism) one of the aeons or emanations of the Godhead, representing intelligence

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σῠ́νεσῐς; τῆς σῠνέσεως (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ἡ σῠ́νεσῐςhē sŭ́nesĭs	τὼ σῠνέσειtṑ sŭnései	αἱ σῠνέσειςhai sŭnéseis
genitive	τῆς σῠνέσεωςtês sŭnéseōs	τοῖν σῠνεσέοινtoîn sŭneséoin	τῶν σῠνέσεωνtôn sŭnéseōn
dative	τῇ σῠνέσειtēî sŭnései	τοῖν σῠνεσέοινtoîn sŭneséoin	ταῖς σῠνέσεσῐ / σῠνέσεσῐνtaîs sŭnésesĭ(n)
accusative	τὴν σῠ́νεσῐνtḕn sŭ́nesĭn	τὼ σῠνέσειtṑ sŭnései	τᾱ̀ς σῠνέσειςtā̀s sŭnéseis
vocative	σῠ́νεσῐsŭ́nesĭ	σῠνέσειsŭnései	σῠνέσειςsŭnéseis

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: σύνεση (sýnesi) (learned)

References

• “σύνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σύνεσις” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σύνεσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Strong, James (1979), “G4907”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acumen idem, page 10.
  • astuteness idem, page 48.
  • breadth idem, page 94.
  • cleverness idem, page 137.
  • common-sense idem, page 148.
  • comprehension idem, page 153.
  • conscience idem, page 161.
  • consciousness idem, page 162.
  • depth idem, page 213.
  • discernment idem, page 229.
  • discrimination idem, page 232.
  • genius idem, page 357.
  • gumption idem, page 379.
  • insight idem, page 444.
  • intelligence idem, page 448.
  • judgment idem, page 465.
  • observation idem, page 567.
  • penetration idem, page 603.
  • perspicacity idem, page 608.
  • profundity idem, page 653.
  • sagacity idem, page 731.
  • sense idem, page 752.
  • shrewdness idem, page 771.
  • understanding idem, page 913.
  • wisdom idem, page 982.
  • wit idem, page 983.