# συμβαίνω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ξῠμβαίνω (xumbaínō)

### Etymology

From συν- (sun-, “with”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “to come, go”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sym.bǎi̯.nɔː/ → /symˈbɛ.no/ → /simˈbe.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /sym.bǎi̯.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /symˈbɛ.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /symˈbɛ.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /symˈbe.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /simˈbe.no/

### Verb

συμβαίνω • (sumbaínō)
* to stand with the feet together
** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, In the Surgery 3
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, On Horsemanship 1.14
** 50 CE – 150 CE, Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon 1.1
** Apollodorus 3.12.3
** to stand with or beside, so as to assist
*** 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 37
** to meet
*** 490 BCE – 430 BCE, Empedocles, Collected Works 21.8
*** 446 BCE – 411 BCE, Eupolis, Collected Works 136
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 1.2.17
*** 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 1007
* (most commonly, figuratively) to come together, come to an agreement, come to terms
** 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 71
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.52
** 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 175
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.5
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.117
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.36
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.98
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.13
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.117
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.4
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.54
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.82
** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 337E
** 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 737
** 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 233
** 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 867
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.19
** 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 590
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.146
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.98
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.30
** to agree with, be on good terms with
*** 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 807
*** 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.62
** (of things) to coincide, correspond with
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.116
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.3
*** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Accusation of Calumny 9
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 210
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 580
*** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 220
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1164
*** 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 60
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 6.4.12
*** 117 CE – 181 CE, Aelius Aristides, Orations 50.94
*** 26 CE – 121 CE, Marcus Aurelius, 5 8
** to fall to one's lot
*** 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 148
*** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Antidosis 222
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus 49
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 65
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 121
* (of events) to come to pass, fall out, happen
** 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 802
** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 173
** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 592A
** 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Critias 120E
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hipparchicus 2.5
** 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 11
** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 112
** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 298B
*** (mostly impersonal, sometimes with dative and infinitive)
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.103
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.50
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.1
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.166
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.25
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1017A.11
**** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1152
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.79
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1261A.34
**** 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 244D
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 42D
**** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 412A
*** (participles) a chance event, contingency
**** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Parmenides 128C
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.43
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.13
**** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 10.28.7
**** 4th century BC, Isaeus, Nicostratus 13
** (joined with adverbs or adjectives) to turn out in a certain way
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.101
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.63
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.4.14
*** 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1055
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 262
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1174
*** 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 622
*** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 479C
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, First Alcibiades 130C
*** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 398E
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.17
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.74
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 903D
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.3
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 744A
** (of consequences) to come out, result, follow
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.45
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.33
*** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 192
*** 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 16.583
*** (of logical conclusions) to result, to follow
**** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 459B
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Topics 156B.38
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton 1 73
**** 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 170C
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 74A
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1152B.25
**** 350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 270A.5
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 67C
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 80B
**** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 396A
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 55A
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 64E
**** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Parmenides 134B
**** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 438E
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 301E

#### Derived terms

* σῠμβεβηκός (sumbebēkós)

#### Descendants

* Greek: συμβαίνω (symvaíno)

### References

* “συμβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* συμβαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* G4819 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Verb

συμβαίνω • (symvaíno)
* see: συμβαίνει (symvaínei)