ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΩ, συμποσιω
SYMPOSIŌ, symposiō
Sounds Like: soom-POH-see-oh
Translations: (to) a drinking party, (to) a banquet, (to) a feast
From the root: ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a drinking party or a banquet, often implying a social gathering where food and drink are shared. It is a compound word formed from the preposition σύν (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb πίνω (pinō), meaning 'to drink'. Thus, it literally means 'drinking together'. It is used to describe the setting or occasion of such a gathering.
Inflection: Dative, Singular, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4849 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 3:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΑ — a drinking party, a banquet, a feast
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΑΙΣ — (at) banquets, (at) dinner parties, (at) feasts
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΑΝ — a banquet, a feast, a drinking party, a company of drinkers
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΙΣ — (to) banquets, (at) banquets, (for) banquets, (to) feasts, (at) feasts, (for) feasts, (to) drinking parties, (at) drinking parties, (for) drinking parties
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΝ — banquet, a banquet, feast, a feast, drinking party, a drinking party
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΥ — of a drinking party, of a banquet, of a feast, of a symposium
- ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΩΝ — of banquets, of drinking parties, of feasts
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