συναγωγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather together”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɡɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /sy.na.ɣoˈʝi/ → /si.na.ɣoˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɡɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɡoˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɣoˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.na.ɣoˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.na.ɣoˈʝi/

Noun

σῠνᾰγωγή • (sŭnăgōgḗ) f (genitive σῠνᾰγωγῆς); first declension

1. gathering, collection
2. a gathering of people, meeting, assembly
3. The place of such an assembly (especially of the Jewish synagogue)
4. a uniting, coupling
5. combination
6. conclusion

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠνᾰγωγή hē sŭnăgōgḗ	τὼ σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ tṑ sŭnăgōgā́	αἱ σῠνᾰγωγαί hai sŭnăgōgaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠνᾰγωγῆς tês sŭnăgōgês	τοῖν σῠνᾰγωγαῖν toîn sŭnăgōgaîn	τῶν σῠνᾰγωγῶν tôn sŭnăgōgôn
Dative	τῇ σῠνᾰγωγῇ têi sŭnăgōgêi	τοῖν σῠνᾰγωγαῖν toîn sŭnăgōgaîn	ταῖς σῠνᾰγωγαῖς taîs sŭnăgōgaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠνᾰγωγήν tḕn sŭnăgōgḗn	τὼ σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ tṑ sŭnăgōgā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ς tā̀s sŭnăgōgā́s
Vocative	σῠνᾰγωγή sŭnăgōgḗ	σῠνᾰγωγᾱ́ sŭnăgōgā́	σῠνᾰγωγαί sŭnăgōgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ σῠνᾰγωγή; τῆς σῠνᾰγωγῆς (Attic)

Derived terms

• ἀρχισῠνᾰ́γωγος (arkhisŭnắgōgos)

Descendants

• Greek: συναγωγή (synagogí)
• → Coptic: ⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ (sunagōgē)
• → Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍉𐌲𐌴 (swnagōgē)
• → Latin: synagoga (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: сѵнаго́га (sünagóga)
  • → Belarusian: сінаго́га (sinahóha)
  • → Russian: синаго́га (sinagóga)
  • → Ukrainian: синаго́га (synahóha)

Further reading

• “συναγωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συναγωγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4864 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • concentration idem, page 154.
  • contraction idem, page 169.
  • shrinkage idem, page 771.
  • unification idem, page 921.
• συναγωγή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “gathering”).

Noun

συναγωγή • (synagogí) f

1. gathering (of people)
2. congregation (religious gathering)
3. synagogue (Jewish place of worship)
4. conclusion (reached by a meeting)

Declension

Declension of συναγωγή

	singular	plural
nominative	συναγωγή (synagogí)	συναγωγές (synagogés)
genitive	συναγωγής (synagogís)	συναγωγών (synagogón)
accusative	συναγωγή (synagogí)	συναγωγές (synagogés)
vocative	συναγωγή (synagogí)	συναγωγές (synagogés)

Further reading

• συναγωγή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el