syngrapha

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συγγραφή (sungraphḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.ɡra.pʰa/, [ˈs̠ʏŋɡräpʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.ɡra.fa/, [ˈsiŋɡräfä]

Noun

syngrapha f (genitive syngraphae); first declension

1. promissory note, IOU

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	syngrapha	syngraphae
genitive	syngraphae	syngraphārum
dative	syngraphae	syngraphīs
accusative	syngrapham	syngraphās
ablative	syngraphā	syngraphīs
vocative	syngrapha	syngraphae

Descendants

• → English: syngraph
• → Italian: singrafa

References

• “syngrapha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “syngrapha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• syngrapha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.