σύστημα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σύστᾱμᾰ (sústāmă) — Doric
• σύστεμᾰ (sústemă)

Etymology

From σῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ, “I place together, associate, unite”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýs.tɛː.ma/ → /ˈsys.ti.ma/ → /ˈsis.ti.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýs.tɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsys.te̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsys.ti.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsys.ti.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsis.ti.ma/

Noun

σύστημᾰ • (sústēmă) n (genitive συστήμᾰτος); third declension

1. a whole made of several parts or members, system.
2. an organized government, confederacy
3. a body of soldiers, corps
4. flock, herd
5. college of priests or magistrates
6. (music) the combination of several tones
7. the combination of several verses into a whole composition
8. the accumulation of sediment
9. machine, apparatus

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σῠ́στημᾰ; τοῦ σῠστήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῠ́στημᾰ tò sŭ́stēmă	τὼ σῠστήμᾰτε tṑ sŭstḗmăte	τᾰ̀ σῠστήμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭstḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ σῠστήμᾰτος toû sŭstḗmătos	τοῖν σῠστημᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭstēmắtoin	τῶν σῠστημᾰ́των tôn sŭstēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ σῠστήμᾰτῐ tôi sŭstḗmătĭ	τοῖν σῠστημᾰ́τοιν toîn sŭstēmắtoin	τοῖς σῠστήμᾰσῐ / σῠστήμᾰσῐν toîs sŭstḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῠ́στημᾰ tò sŭ́stēmă	τὼ σῠστήμᾰτε tṑ sŭstḗmăte	τᾰ̀ σῠστήμᾰτᾰ tằ sŭstḗmătă
Vocative	σῠ́στημᾰ sŭ́stēmă	σῠστήμᾰτε sŭstḗmăte	σῠστήμᾰτᾰ sŭstḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• συστηματικός (sustēmatikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: systēma (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: систе́ма f (sistéma)
  • → Uyghur: سىستېما (sistëma)

Further reading

• “σύστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σύστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σύστημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsis.ti.ma/
• Hyphenation: σύσ‧τη‧μα

Noun

σύστημα • (sýstima) n (plural συστήματα)

1. system

Declension

Declension of σύστημα

	singular	plural
nominative	σύστημα (sýstima)	συστήματα (systímata)
genitive	συστήματος (systímatos)	συστημάτων (systimáton)
accusative	σύστημα (sýstima)	συστήματα (systímata)
vocative	σύστημα (sýstima)	συστήματα (systímata)

Derived terms

• αναπαραγωγικό σύστημα n (anaparagogikó sýstima, “reproductive system”)
• δεκαδικό σύστημα n (dekadikó sýstima, “decimal system”)
• διεθνές σύστημα μονάδων n (diethnés sýstima monádon, “International System of Units”)
• Εθνικό Σύστημα Υγείας n (Ethnikó Sýstima Ygeías, “National Health Service”)
• ηλιακό σύστημα n (iliakó sýstima, “solar system”)
• λειτουργικό σύστημα n (leitourgikó sýstima, “operating system”)

Further reading

• σύστημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• σύστημα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el