συμπόσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠμπότης (sumpótēs, “fellow drinker”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion), from σῠμπῑ́νω (sumpī́nō, “I drink together”) +‎ -της (-tēs), from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) +‎ πῑ́νω (pī́nō, “I drink”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σῠμπόσῐον • (sumpósion) n (genitive σῠμποσῐ́ου); second declension

  1. drinking party, entertainment, feast, banquet, convivium, symposium
  2. party, group

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ σῠμπόσῐον; τοῦ σῠμποσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σῠμπόσῐον
tò sumpósion		 τὼ σῠμποσῐ́ω
tṑ sumposíō		 τᾰ̀ σῠμπόσῐᾰ
tà sumpósia
Genitive τοῦ σῠμποσῐ́ου
toû sumposíou		 τοῖν σῠμποσῐ́οιν
toîn sumposíoin		 τῶν σῠμποσῐ́ων
tôn sumposíōn
Dative τῷ σῠμποσῐ́ῳ
tôi sumposíōi		 τοῖν σῠμποσῐ́οιν
toîn sumposíoin		 τοῖς σῠμποσῐ́οις
toîs sumposíois
Accusative τὸ σῠμπόσῐον
tò sumpósion		 τὼ σῠμποσῐ́ω
tṑ sumposíō		 τᾰ̀ σῠμπόσῐᾰ
tà sumpósia
Vocative σῠμπόσῐον
sumpósion		 σῠμποσῐ́ω
sumposíō		 σῠμπόσῐᾰ
sumpósia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σῠμποσῐᾰ́ζω (sumposiázō)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰκός (sumposiakós)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰρχέω (sumposiarkhéō)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (sumposiarkhíā)
  • σῠμποσῐ́ᾰρχος (sumposíarkhos)
  • σῠμποσῐᾰστής (sumposiastḗs)
  • σῠμποσῐαῖος (sumposiaîos)
  • σῠμπόσῐος (sumpósios)

Descendants

Further reading
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