συν-

See also: συν, σύν, σῦν, and Appendix:Variations of "sun"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ξῠν- (xŭn-)Old Attic
  • σῠ- (sŭ-), ξῠ- (xŭ-)before ζ (z) and before σ (s) plus consonant
  • σῠγ- (sŭg-), ξῠγ- (xŭg-)before the velar consonants γ (g), κ (k), ξ (x), χ (kh)
  • σῠλ- (sŭl-), ξῠλ- (xŭl-)before λ (l)
  • σῠμ- (sŭm-), ξῠμ- (xŭm-)before the labial consonants β (b), μ (m), π (p), φ (ph)
  • σῠρ- (sŭr-), ξῠρ- (xŭr-)before ρ (r)
  • σῠσ- (sŭs-), ξῠσ- (xŭs-)before σ (s) plus a vowel

Etymology

  • Prefix version of the preposition σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, with).

    Prefix

    σῠν- • (sŭn-)

    1. with, together, co-, syn-
    2. indicates completeness

    Derived terms

    Ancient Greek terms prefixed with συν-

    References

    Greek

    Alternative forms

    • συν- or σύν- before vowels, dental consontants and [n]
    • συ-, σύ- (sy-, sý-) before sibilants [s] (+consonant) and [z] and colloquially before [v, γ, δ, f, x, θ, ks, ps]
    • συγ-, σύγ- (syg-, sýg-) before the consonants κ, γ, χ (k, g, ch) pronounced /siŋ/
    • συλ-, σύλ- (syl-, sýl-) before [l] λ (l) pronounced /sil/ (only one [l])
    • συμ-, σύμ- (sym-, sým-) before the labial consonants [p, v, f, m] π, β, φ, μ (p, v, f, m)
    • συρ-, σύρ- (syr-, sýr-) before [r] ρ (r)
    • συσ-, σύσ- (sys-, sýs-) often before [s] σ (s)

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek σῠν- from preposition σύν (sún, with).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sin/

    Prefix

    συν- • (syn-)

    1. with, together, co-, syn-
      συν- (syn-) + ‎αγωνίζομαι (agonízomai, strive) → ‎συναγωνίζομαι (synagonízomai, compete)
    2. indicates completeness
    3. indicates similarity

    Derived terms

    and

    Greek terms prefixed with συρ-
    Category Greek terms prefixed with συσ- not found

    Further reading