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語源

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /sɪˈnɑpsɪs/

名詞

synopsis (plural synopses)

1. (literature, writing) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

   Synonyms: abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary

   • 1869, Edward Drinker Cope, Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America. Part I.:

     The following Synopsis is intended as a monograph of those species of the order hitherto discovered…

   • 1914, Chandler B. Beach, Frank Morton McMurry (eds.), The New Student’s Reference Work:

     In the following synopsis of the history of the United States the principal events are briefly mentioned…

   • 1971, Earl W. Stevick, Adapting and Writing Language Lessons/Appendix M:

     A Synopsis, on the other hand, should be short enough and general enough so that a person who has not yet begun to study the language can follow it…

2. A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
3. (Christianity) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

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参考

Further reading

• “synopsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “synopsis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [syˈnɔp.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [siˈnɔp.sis]

名詞

synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension

1. list
2. synopsis, overview

語形変化

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

派生した語

• Catalan: sinopsi
• English: synopsis
• French: synopsis
• Italian: sinossi
• Spanish: sinopsis
• Portuguese: sinopse

参照

• “synopsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “synopsis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.