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Webster 1913 Edition
Symposium
Sym-po′si-um
,Noun.
pl.
Symposia
(#)
. 1.
A drinking together; a merry feast.
T. Warton.
2.
A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; – so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
Webster 1828 Edition
Symposium
SYMPOSIUM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Symposium
symposium
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See also: Symposium
English
Noun
symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)
- A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
- (in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.
Related terms
Translations
conference
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See also
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symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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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)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /symˈpo.si.um/, [sʏmˈpɔ.si.ũ]
Noun
symposium n (genitive symposiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | symposium | symposia |
genitive | symposiī | symposiōrum |
dative | symposiō | symposiīs |
accusative | symposium | symposia |
ablative | symposiō | symposiīs |
vocative | symposium | symposia |