σύνεδρος

Ancient Greek

Formed as σῠν- (sŭn-, “with”) +‎ ἕδρᾱ (hédrā, “seat; session”); the noun is a substantive use of the adjective.

σῠ́νεδρος • (sŭ́nedros) m or f (neuter σῠ́νεδρον); second declension

(of a person) sitting in council with
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.34
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 192
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 749
(of a bird) sitting together; friendly
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 608b.29

Second declension of σῠ́νεδρος; σῠ́νεδρον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σῠ́νεδρος sŭ́nedros	σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠ́νεδροι sŭ́nedroi	σῠ́νεδρᾰ sŭ́nedră
Genitive	σῠνέδρου sŭnédrou	σῠνέδρου sŭnédrou	σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin	σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin	σῠνέδρων sŭnédrōn	σῠνέδρων sŭnédrōn
Dative	σῠνέδρῳ sŭnédrōi	σῠνέδρῳ sŭnédrōi	σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin	σῠνέδροιν sŭnédroin	σῠνέδροις sŭnédrois	σῠνέδροις sŭnédrois
Accusative	σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron	σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠνέδρους sŭnédrous	σῠ́νεδρᾰ sŭ́nedră
Vocative	σῠ́νεδρε sŭ́nedre	σῠ́νεδρον sŭ́nedron	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠ́νεδροι sŭ́nedroi	σῠ́νεδρᾰ sŭ́nedră
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	σῠνέδρως sŭnédrōs		σῠνεδρότερος sŭnedróteros		σῠνεδρότᾰτος sŭnedrótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

σῠ́νεδρος • (sŭ́nedros) m or f (genitive σῠνέδρου); second declension

one who sits with others; assessor; assistant
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1382
elected committee member; select commissioner; selectman
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.22
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.86
(in the plural) delegates to an assembly
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Peace 8.29
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 24.150
(in the plural) council of elders, senate

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ σῠ́νεδρος; τοῦ / τῆς σῠνέδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ σῠ́νεδρος ho / hē sŭ́nedros	τὼ σῠνέδρω tṑ sŭnédrō	οἱ / αἱ σῠ́νεδροι hoi / hai sŭ́nedroi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς σῠνέδρου toû / tês sŭnédrou	τοῖν σῠνέδροιν toîn sŭnédroin	τῶν σῠνέδρων tôn sŭnédrōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ σῠνέδρῳ tōî / tēî sŭnédrōi	τοῖν σῠνέδροιν toîn sŭnédroin	τοῖς / ταῖς σῠνέδροις toîs / taîs sŭnédrois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν σῠ́νεδρον tòn / tḕn sŭ́nedron	τὼ σῠνέδρω tṑ sŭnédrō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς σῠνέδρους toùs / tā̀s sŭnédrous
Vocative	σῠ́νεδρε sŭ́nedre	σῠνέδρω sŭnédrō	σῠ́νεδροι sŭ́nedroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“σύνεδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σύνεδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assembled idem, page 45.
- assessor idem, page 46.
- commissioner idem, page 148.
- sitting together idem, page 779.