# συμφέρω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ξυμφέρω (xumphérō) — Old Attic

### Etymology

From συν- (sun-, “with”) +‎ φέρω (phérō, “to bring, carry”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sym.pʰé.rɔː/ → /symˈɸe.ro/ → /simˈfe.ro/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /sym.pʰé.rɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /symˈpʰe.ro/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /symˈɸe.ro/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /symˈfe.ro/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /simˈfe.ro/

### Verb

σῠμφέρω • (sŭmphérō)
* (active voice)
** to bring together, gather, collect
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.152
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.92
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 74
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.99
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.4.9
*** 396 BCE – 323 BCE, Lycurgus of Athens, Collected Works 45
*** to bring together, contribute
**** 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 528
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations 183B.33
**** 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.134
*** (like συμβάλλω) to bring into conflict
**** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 510
**** 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 1.2
*** to bear along with or together, to suffer, bear with, indulge
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.3.13
**** 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 869
**** 540 BCE – 450 BCE, Epicharmus, Collected Works 35.8
**** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 946
**** 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 1366
**** 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 370
** (intransitive, without accusative of object) to confer a benefit, to be of use, be useful or profitable
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.37
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.87
*** 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 753
*** 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 252
*** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 38
*** 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 475
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.26
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.2.5
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1272A.30
*** (impersonal, mostly with infinitive) it is of use, is profitable, serviceable, expedient
**** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 520
**** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1440
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.63
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.4.10
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.63
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.4.10
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.123
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians 3.11
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 230E
**** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 875A
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.4
**** 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 77
*** (participle) useful, expedient, fitting
**** 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 875
**** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 527B
**** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 308
**** (neuter substantive) profit, advantage, expediency
***** 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 926
***** 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 50
***** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.60
***** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 4.39
***** 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 80
***** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 338C–342
***** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 139
***** 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 131
***** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 28
***** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 875A
***** 361 BCE – 291 BCE, Dinarchus, Collected Works 1.99
***** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 297A
***** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 120
***** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.51
***** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 49
***** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.1.26
***** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.44
** (intransitive)
*** to work with, assist
**** 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 627
**** 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 13
*** to agree with
**** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 431
**** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1233
**** 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 166
**** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1465
*** to fit, suit
**** 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1459
**** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.4.21
*** (of events, with infinitive) to happen, take place, turn out
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.73
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.129
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.23
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.117
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.74
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.88
**** 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 111.2
* (passive voice)
** (opposite to διαφέρω) to come together
*** Heraclit. 10
*** 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 242E
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Epigrams 8.2
*** 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Hermotimus 34
*** 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Toxaris 15
*** (in a hostile sense) to meet in battle, engage
**** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.400
**** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.736
**** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 636
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.36
**** 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 358
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.50
** to come to terms, be of one mind, agree with
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.173
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.80
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.13
*** 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 42
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.114
*** Oppian, Halieutica 5.34
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.196
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 929E
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.65
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.13
*** 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 641
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 317A
*** (with dative of object) to adapt oneself to, acquiesce in
**** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 419D
**** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Timoleon 15
**** 430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 919
**** 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 527
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.79
**** 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Epigrams 6.6
** (of events) to happen, turn out, occur, come to pass
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.86
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.157
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.10
*** 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 594
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.44
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.84
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 270C
*** (impersonal) to happen
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.8
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.15
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.19
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.86
**** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.23
**** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.111
** (literally) to be carried along with
*** 300 CE – 500 CE, Book of Sothis 6.319
*** Palatine Anthology 4.4.4

#### Derived terms

* σῠμφορᾱ́ (sŭmphorā́)
* Συμφερόπολις (Sumpherópolis, “Simferopol”)

#### Descendants

* → Greek: συμφέρω (symféro) (learned)

### Further reading

* “συμφέρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* συμφέρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* συμφέρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* G4851 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. accord idem, page 6.adapt idem, page 10.advantageous idem, page 14.agree idem, page 19.answer idem, page 31.avail idem, page 54.bear idem, page 66.benefit idem, page 74.boot idem, page 89.chance idem, page 123.coincide idem, page 142.collect idem, page 143.come idem, page 144.concur idem, page 156.consent idem, page 162.contribute idem, page 170.correspond idem, page 176.culminate idem, page 188.encounter idem, page 271.endure idem, page 273.engage idem, page 274.expedient idem, page 293.gather idem, page 354.good idem, page 366.happen idem, page 384.harmonise idem, page 386.heap idem, page 391.issue idem, page 461.match idem, page 517.meet idem, page 522.pile idem, page 612.square idem, page 807.stead idem, page 814.turn idem, page 901.use idem, page 940.

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμφέρω (sumphérō). By surface analysis, συμ- (sym-) +‎ φέρω (féro).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siɱˈfe.ɾo/
* Hyphenation: συμ‧φέ‧ρω

### Verb

συμφέρω • (symféro) (imperfect συνέφερα, past συνέφερα, passive —)
* (chiefly in the third person) to benefit, to be of benefit (to), to be advantageous (to)
* (impersonal) to be in the interests of [with infinitive ‘to do’]

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* συμφέρον n (symféron)
* συμφέρων (symféron)

### References

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