syzygia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía).

Pronunciation

Noun

sȳzygia f (genitive sȳzygiae); first declension

  1. (astronomy) syzygy, conjunction

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sȳzygia sȳzygiae
genitive sȳzygiae sȳzygiārum
dative sȳzygiae sȳzygiīs
accusative sȳzygiam sȳzygiās
ablative sȳzygiā sȳzygiīs
vocative sȳzygia sȳzygiae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: syzygy
  • French: syzygie

References

  • syzygia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "syzygia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • syzygia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.