sýmbolon

sým-bolon Vorlage:agrie. σύμβολον wrtl. 'Zusammenwerfung'

von grie. sýmbolon (σύμβολον) ‘Merkmal, Kennzeichen, Wahrzeichen’,

einer Bildung zu griech. symbállein (συμβάλλειν) ‘zusammenwerfen, zusammenlegen, zusammenfügen’,

from σῠμβάλλω (sumbállō, “I throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, put”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /sým.bo.lon/ → /ˈsym.bo.lon/ → /ˈsim.bo.lon/

Noun

σῠ́μβολον • (súmbolon) n (genitive σῠμβόλου); second declension

a sign or token by which one infers a thing
a pledge or pawn, on which money was advanced
(in the plural) tallies
(Athens) a ticket, counter
a permit or licence to reside, given to aliens
(biblical, Ecclesiastes) the distinctive mark of Christians, a confession of faith, a creed
(law, in the plural) covenants between two states for protection of commerce