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σύντονος , ον,
A.strained tight, ἔχειν τὸ ς. to be strained tight, X. Cyn.6.7; χορδὴν κατατείνας ς. Arist.GA787b23.
II. intense, “κεφαλῆς πόνος” Hp.Coac.156; “ἐπιθυμίαι τε καὶ ἔρωτες” Pl.Lg.734a; σπουδή, ὄρεξις, Epicur.Sent.30, Fr.483; ὀργαί, δείματα, Ti.Locr.102e, 104d; “βήξ” Aret.SA2.2.
2. of actions and the like , impetuous, eager, “συντόνῳ χερὶ λύει τὸν αὑτῆς πέπλον” S.Tr.923; “συντόνῳ . . αὐλῶν πνεύματι” E.Ba.126 (lyr.); ς. δραμήματα ib.1091; “τάχος -ώτερον” Epicur.Ep.2p.46U.; οἱ ἀπὸ κραιπάλης γέμοντες συντόνοις κινήσεσιν ἐλέγχονται jerking or violent movements, Sor.1.26, cf. Gal.6.153,413 (Comp.); “τοῦ χειμῶνος τοὺς περιπάτους καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ γυμνάσια συντονώτερα δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι” Diocl.Fr.141; “ς. πῦρ” Arist.HA560b2; ς. πορεία forced march, Plb.5.47.4.
3. of persons, earnest, eager, vehement, ἀνδρεῖος ὢν . . καὶ ς. Pl.Smp.203d, cf. Arist.EN1125a15; τὰ περὶ τὴν δίαιταν ἀκριβὴς καὶ ς. Plu.Cat.Mi.3.
4. of Music, Μοῦσα ς. severe, opp. ἀνειμένη, Pratin.Lyr.5; τῶν Μουσῶν αἱ συντονώτεραι (sc. Heraclitus), opp. μαλακώτεραι, Pl.Sph.242e; ς. ἁρμονίαι, opp. ἀνειμέναι καὶ μαλακαί, Arist.Pol.1342b21, cf. a24, 1290a27: metaph., συντονωτέραν ποιεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν ib.1304a21.
5. of sound, also, high-pitched, acute, opp. βαρύς, ὀξύς, Id.GA787a1, Pr.904b23; “οἰμωγά” Tim.Pers.181.
III. in harmony, accordant with, only Ps.-E.IA118 (anap.).
IV. Adv. -νως intensely, earnestly, βλέπειν, μένειν, Pl.Phdr.253a, R.539d; ς. ἰέναι eagerly, rapidly, Id.Ti.88a; κτείνοντα συντόνως, of poisons, Diocl. Fr.145; τρέχειν, βαδίζειν, Arist.Pr.882b1, MM1188b22 (Comp.), al.; “πορεύεσθαι” Diocl.Fr.142; “ὁδοιπορεῖν” Gal.16.496; “διογκούμενοι ς. οἱ μαστοί” Sor.1.76; ς. ζῆν strictly, Pl.R.619b; “ὀργίζεσθαι” Phld.Ir. p.95 W.: also neut. pl. σύντονα intently, carefully, E.Hipp.1361 (lyr.): Comp. “-ώτερον” Arist.Pol.1312b28, etc.; also “-ωτέρως” Thphr. Vent.58: Sup. “-ώτατα, τὸ θεῖον θεραπεύων” Eun.VSp.502 B.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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