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σύν-θετος , ον, also fem. συνθέτη (or συνθετή as in Lys.Fr.34, Arist.Ph.265a21, Metaph.1051b27, al.): (συντίθημι):—
A.put together, compounded, composite, Pl.Phd.78c, al.; of a centaur, διαιρετὸς . . καὶ πάλιν ς. X.Cyr.4.3.20, cf. Lys.l.c.; τὸ ς. the composite part of man, Arist.EN1178a20; “ς. ἐκ πολλῶνPl.R. 611b; “ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶνId.Phlb.29e; ς. ἀναγνώρισις complex, Arist.Po. 1455a12.
3. in various technical senses,
a. in Grammar, φωνὴ ς. a. compound sound, i.e. a syllable, Id.Po.1456b35; or a word, ib.1457a11; φωνῶν αἱ μὲν ἁπλαῖ (e.g. Δίων, αἱ δὲ ς. (e.g. Δίων περιπατεῖ) S.E.M.8.135; ς. ὀνόματα compound nouns, Arist.Rh.Al.1434b34, Demetr.Eloc.91, Philomnest. 2; “ς. σχῆμαD.T.635.21; ς. προσηγορία (e. g. ὑπνώδης καταφορά) Gal.7.643. Adv. “-τωςStr.13.2.5, Sor.2.26, Gal.6.549.
b. in Metre and Music, ς. ῥυθμός a compound foot, Pl.R.400b; [διαστήματα] ς. Aristid.Quint.1.7, cf. Plu.2.1135b; “ἁρμονίαν εἶναι ς. πρᾶγμαPl.Phd. 92a.
c. in Arithmetic, ς. ἀριθμός a number composed of several factors, Arist.Metaph.1020b4, Euc.7 Def.14.
II. put together, got up, fictitious, “λόγοιA.Pr.686.
III. metaph., agreed upon, covenanted, ὥσπερ ἐκ συνθέτου by agreement, Hdt.3.86.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 686
    • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1178a.20
    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1456b.35
    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1457a.11
    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1455a.12
    • Euclid, Elements, 7
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.86
    • Plato, Republic, 400b
    • Plato, Republic, 611b
    • Plato, Phaedo, 78c
    • Plato, Phaedo, 92a
    • Plato, Philebus, 29e
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 4.3.20
    • Strabo, Geography, 13.2.5
    • Aretaeus, De curatione diuturnorum morborum libri duo, 1.2
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