# συμβάλλω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ξυμβάλλω (xumbállō) — Old Attic, Epic

### Etymology

From συμ- (sum-) +‎ βάλλω (bállō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sym.bál.lɔː/ → /symˈbal.lo/ → /simˈba.lo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /sym.bál.lɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /symˈbal.lo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /symˈbal.lo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /symˈbal.lo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /simˈba.lo/

### Verb

συμβάλλω • (sumbállō)
* to bring together, unite
* to match or pit (combatants) against one another
* to join (in fight), join battle
* to make war [with dative ‘against’]
* to gather, recognize
* to discuss, confer
* to reflect, consider, ponder
* to fall in with, meet with, encounter
* to include
* to contribute, help
For quotations using this term, see Citations:συμβάλλω.

#### Derived terms

* συμβόλαιον (sumbólaion)
* συμβολαιόομαι (sumbolaióomai)
* συμβόλαιος (sumbólaios)
* συμβολατεύω (sumbolateúō)
* συμβολεύς (sumboleús)
* συμβολεύω (sumboleúō)
* συμβολέω (sumboléō)
* συμβολή (sumbolḗ)
* συμβολικός (sumbolikós)
* σύμβολον (súmbolon)
* σύμβολος (súmbolos)

### Further reading

* “συμβάλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* συμβάλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* συμβάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “συμβάλλω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* “συμβάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “συμβάλλω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G4820 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. aggravate idem, page 18.blow idem, page 85.business idem, page 106.clash idem, page 135.close idem, page 138.coincide idem, page 142.combine idem, page 144.compare idem, page 150.concur idem, page 156.conduce to idem, page 157.confront idem, page 159.conjecture idem, page 160.contribute idem, page 170.converge idem, page 173.correspond idem, page 176.deal idem, page 198.declare idem, page 201.divine idem, page 244.encounter idem, page 271.engage idem, page 274.explain idem, page 294.face idem, page 299.factor idem, page 301.fit idem, page 323.forecast idem, page 336.gather idem, page 354.gauge idem, page 355.guess idem, page 377.help idem, page 395.imagine idem, page 417.infer idem, page 437.instrumental idem, page 447.interpret idem, page 452.join idem, page 463.match idem, page 517.meet idem, page 522.pit idem, page 614.rattle idem, page 673.redound to idem, page 684.serve idem, page 755.shut idem, page 772.smite idem, page 787.sound idem, page 796.suppose idem, page 841.surmise idem, page 843.tally idem, page 854.tend idem, page 861.

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμβάλλω (sumbállō). By surface analysis, συμ- (sym-) +‎ βάλλω (vállo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siɱˈva.lo/
* Hyphenation: συμ‧βάλ‧λω

### Verb

συμβάλλω • (symvállo) (imperfect συνέβαλλα, past συνέβαλα, passive συμβάλλομαι, p‑past συμβλήθηκα, ppp συμβεβλημένος / συμβλημένος$^{(rare)}$)
* (intransitive) to contribute [with σε (se, + accusative) ‘to’]
    Synonym: συνεισφέρω (syneisféro)
* (intransitive) to join, to meet (to converge and finally touch or intersect)
* (passive voice) to contract (to make an agreement or contract; to covenant)

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* συμβόλαιο n (symvólaio)
* συμβολή f (symvolí)

### References

* ↑ συμβάλλω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language