σύμπας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ξῠ́μπᾱς (xŭ́mpās) — Old Attic, Epic

Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) +‎ πᾶς (pâs, “all, whole”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sým.paːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.pas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.pas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.pas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.bas/

Adjective

σῠ́μπᾱς • (sŭ́mpās) m (feminine σῠ́μπᾱσᾰ, neuter σῠ́μπᾰν); first/third declension

all together, all at once
- c. 450 CE – 470 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186–192:^[1]
  δώδεκα δὲ ξύμπαντας ἐκόσμεον ἡγεμονῆες,
  Σπαργεύς τε Γληνεύς τε χοροίτυπος, ἀλλοφυὴς δὲ
  σύνδρομος Εὐρυβίῳ σταφυληκόμος ἵκετο Κητεύς,
  καὶ Ῥιφόνῳ Πετραῖος ὁμάρτεεν, ἀκροπότης δὲ
  Αἴσακος Ὀρθάων τε συνέστιχον, οἷς μίαν ἄμφω
  Ἀμφίθεμις καὶ Φαῦνος ἐποιήσαντο πορείην,
  εὐκεράῳ δὲ Φάνητι συνέμπορος ἦλθε Νομείων.
  dṓdeka dè xúmpantas ekósmeon hēgemonêes,
  Spargeús te Glēneús te khoroítupos, allophuḕs dè
  súndromos Eurubíōi staphulēkómos híketo Kēteús,
  kaì Rhiphónōi Petraîos homárteen, akropótēs dè
  Aísakos Ortháōn te sunéstikhon, hoîs mían ámphō
  Amphíthemis kaì Phaûnos epoiḗsanto poreíēn,
  eukeráōi dè Phánēti sunémporos êlthe Nomeíōn.
  1940 translation by William Henry Denham Rouse^[2]
  Twelve captains commanded them all: Spargeus and Gleneus the dancer, and beside Eurybios the strange figure of Ceteus the vinedresser; Petraios with Rhiphonos, Aisacos the deep drinker and Orthaon, with whom marched both Amphithemis and Phaunos, and Nomeion side by side with wellhorned Phanes.
(with singular mass nouns) the whole

Declension

First and third declension of σῠ́μπᾱς; σῠ́μπᾱσᾰ; σῠ́μπᾰν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σῠ́μπᾱς sŭ́mpās	σῠ́μπᾱσᾰ sŭ́mpāsă	σῠ́μπᾰν sŭ́mpăn	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠμπᾱ́σᾱ sŭmpā́sā	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠ́μπᾰντες sŭ́mpăntes	σῠ́μπᾱσαι sŭ́mpāsai	σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ sŭ́mpăntă
Genitive	σῠ́μπᾰντος sŭ́mpăntos	σῠμπᾱ́σης sŭmpā́sēs	σῠ́μπᾰντος sŭ́mpăntos	σῠμπᾰ́ντοιν sŭmpắntoin	σῠμπᾱ́σαιν sŭmpā́sain	σῠμπᾰ́ντοιν sŭmpắntoin	σῠμπᾰ́ντων sŭmpắntōn	σῠμπᾱσῶν sŭmpāsôn	σῠμπᾰ́ντων sŭmpắntōn
Dative	σῠ́μπᾰντῐ sŭ́mpăntĭ	σῠμπᾱ́σῃ sŭmpā́sēi	σῠ́μπᾰντῐ sŭ́mpăntĭ	σῠμπᾰ́ντοιν sŭmpắntoin	σῠμπᾱ́σαιν sŭmpā́sain	σῠμπᾰ́ντοιν sŭmpắntoin	σῠ́μπᾱσῐ σῠ́μπᾱσῐν sŭ́mpāsĭ(n)	σῠμπᾱ́σαις sŭmpā́sais	σῠ́μπᾱσῐ σῠ́μπᾱσῐν sŭ́mpāsĭ(n)
Accusative	σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ sŭ́mpăntă	σῠ́μπᾱσᾰν sŭ́mpāsăn	σῠ́μπᾰν sŭ́mpăn	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠμπᾱ́σᾱ sŭmpā́sā	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠ́μπᾰντᾰς sŭ́mpăntăs	σῠμπᾱ́σᾱς sŭmpā́sās	σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ sŭ́mpăntă
Vocative	σῠ́μπᾱς sŭ́mpās	σῠ́μπᾱσᾰ sŭ́mpāsă	σῠ́μπᾰν sŭ́mpăn	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠμπᾱ́σᾱ sŭmpā́sā	σῠ́μπᾰντε sŭ́mpănte	σῠ́μπᾰντες sŭ́mpăntes	σῠ́μπᾱσαι sŭ́mpāsai	σῠ́μπᾰντᾰ sŭ́mpăntă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σῠμπᾰ́ντως sŭmpắntōs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.