A.“συνεληλάμενος” Arat.176 (on the accent, v. A.D.Adv.135.5, al.), but “συνεληλαμένος” Plb.4.48.2, Aret.SA2.1: plpf. “-ηλάσμην” LXX 2 Ma.4.26: aor. Pass. “-ηλάσθην” Plb.18.22.6, LXX 2 Ma.5.5, Plu.Caes.17, BGU 1568.7 (iii A.D.). Used by Hom. only in pres. and Ep. aor. (exc. σὺν δ᾽ ἤλασε in tmesi); he uses the form ξυν- where required by the metre:—drive together, “ληΐδα δ᾽ ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμεν” Il.11.677; “τὰς μὲν [βοῦς] συνέλασσεν ἐς αὔλιον” h.Merc.106, cf. X.Cyr.1.4.14; σὺν δ᾽ ἤλασ᾽ ὀδόντας drove his teeth together, Od.18.98; hammer together, Plu.2.567e; weld iron, Hp.Vict.1.13; draw together, “συνέλασσε κάρη χεῖράς τε” h.Merc.240; drive, force, “τινὰ εἰς ὀλοὴν κῆρα” AP7.614.10 (Agath.), cf. Jul.Ep.89b; “ς. εἰς στενόν” Luc.Herm.63:— Pass., to be driven or forced into a contracted space, compressed, Epicur.Ep.2p.50U., Plb.4.48.2, Placit.4.1.4; εἰς βραχὺ διάζωμα ς. to be contracted into . . , Plu.Phoc.13: metaph., “εἰς ἀπορίαν ἐσχάτην ἡ σωτηρία συνηλάθη” Chor. p.226 B.; “συνεληλαμένοι σφυγμοί” Aret. SA2.1.
2. constrain, force, “τινὰ ἀποστῆναι τῶν οὐ δικαίως αὐτῷ προσηκόντων” Sammelb.5357.11 (v A.D.); ς. τινὰ πρὸς εὐγνωμοσύνην bring him to reason, ib. 13 (Pass.), cf. PLond.5.1711.60 (vi A.D.); εἰς τέλος ς. bring to an end, PMonac.13.70 (vi A.D.).
II. match in combat, set to fight, “θεοὺς ἔριδι ξυνελάσσαι” Il.20.134; “θεοὺς ἔριδι ξυνελαύνεις” 21.394: abs., “ξυνελάσσομεν ὦκα” Od.18.39.
2. intr., ἔριδι ξυνελαυνέμεν meet in quarrel, Il.22.129.