σύμφωνον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

σύμφωνον (súmphōnon)

  1. inflection of σύμφωνος (súmphōnos):
    1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Etymology 2

Nominalisation of the adjective, by ellipsis of σύμφωνον γράμμα (súmphōnon grámma, consonant [letter]).

Noun

σύμφωνον • (súmphōnon) n (genitive συμφώνου); second declension

(Koine)
  1. (grammar) consonant
    170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 6.On the Sound:
    σύμφονα δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ ἑπτακαίδεκα· β γ δ ζ θ κ λ μ ν ξ π ρ σ τ φ χ ψ. σύμφοναι δὲ +λέγονται+, ὅτι αὐτὰ μὲν καθ’ ἑαυτὰ φωνὴν οὐκ ἔχει, συντασσόμενα δὲ μετὰ τῶν φωνηέντων φωνὴν ἀποτελεῖ.
    súmphona dè tà loipà heptakaídeka; b g d z th k l m n x p r s t ph kh ps. súmphonai dè +légontai+, hóti autà mèn kath’ heautà phōnḕn ouk ékhei, suntassómena dè metà tôn phōnēéntōn phōnḕn apoteleî.
    The remaining seventeen are consonants: b, g, d, z, th, k, l, m, n, x, p, r, s, t, ph, ch, ps. They are called consonants because they do not have a sound on their own, but, when arranged with vowels, they produce a sound.

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