symposium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”) συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪm.ˈpoʊ.zi.əm/

Noun

symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)

1. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
2. A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.

See also

• symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Symposium in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”) συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: sym‧po‧si‧um

Noun

symposium n (plural symposia or symposiums, diminutive symposiumpje n)

1. symposium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.pɔ.zjɔm/

Noun

symposium m (plural symposiums)

1. symposium

Further reading

• “symposium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /symˈpo.si.um/, [sʏmˈpɔ.si.ũ]

Noun

symposium n (genitive symposiī); second declension

1. symposium

References

• symposium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• symposium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin