German

Noun

Symposium n ‎(genitive Symposiums, plural Symposien)

1. symposium

Related terms

• Symposion

English

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. (in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Related terms

• symposiast
• sympotic

Translations

See also

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sym‧po‧si‧um

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. symposium

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.pɔ.zjɔm/

Noun

symposium m ‎(plural symposiums)

1. symposium

Synonyms

• colloque

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

symposium n ‎(genitive symposiī); second declension

1. symposium

Inflection

Second declension.

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