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συγκοπή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: συγκοπή συγκοπῆς

Structure: συγκοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from sugko/ptw

Sense

  1. a cutting up, cutting into small pieces
  2. (grammar) syncope, cutting a word short by striking out one or more letters

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἢ μᾶλλον ὑγιείασ ἕνεκα καὶ συγκοπῆσ πλήθουσ τὸν ἅλα λείχειν ἐθίζουσι τὰ βοσκήματα; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 3 3:1)
  • ὠκυτάτου κακοῦ ἐστι οὔνομα· τί μὲν γὰρ μέζον ἢ ὠκύτερο ν συγκοπῆσ δυνάμιοσ; (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 88)
  • Ἢν δὲ μὴ ἀξίωσ ὑποκαταστῶσι αἱ τῆσ φλεγμονῆσ πρηδόνεσ, σικύην θέντα, ἐντάμνειν, ἔνθα ἂν ἡ φλεγμονὴ κραίνῃ καὶ μέζων ἐῄ· μίην δὲ ἢ δευτέρην, ὅκωσ ἂν τά τε φλεγμαίνοντα σημαίνῃ καὶ ἡ δύναμισ κελεύῃ, ἀτὰρ καὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ τοῦ αἵματοσ τοισίδε τεκμαρτέον · ἀμετρίη γὰρ συγκοπῆσ αἰτίη. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 69)

Synonyms

  1. a cutting up

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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