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συμφέρω , fut.
A.“συνοίσω” A.Th.510: aor. 1 “συνήνεγκα” E.HF488, Ion. “-ήνεικα” Hdt.7.152: aor. 2 “συνήνεγκον” Th.2.51: pf. “συνενήνοχα” D.18.198.
A. Act.
I. bring together, gather, collect, “τὰ κακὰ ἐς μέσον” Hdt. 7.152; “τάλαντα ἐς τὠυτό” Id.3.92, cf. D.24.74; δαπάνην ς. Th.1.99; esp. of dead bodies, X.An.6.4.9, Lycurg.45 codd.
2. bring together, contribute, “βουλεύματα” A.Pers.528; “ἐκ πάντων γόους” E. l.c.; πολλοὶ “πολλὰ συνενηνόχασι μέρη” Arist.SE183b33:—Med., of a river, “Φάσιδι ς. ῥόον” A.R.4.134.
3. bring into conflict, “πολεμίους θεούς” A.Th.510; give battle, “συνοίσομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα” Tyrt.1.40 Diehl: v. infr. B.1.2.
4. bear along with or together, ὁ ἵππος ὅπλον ς. X.Cyr.4.3.13; ἐγώ σοι ξυμφέρω (sc. τὴν παμπησίαν) Ar.Ec.869; bring with, “λύχνον . . παῖς μοι συμφέρει” Epich.35.8; of sufferings, labours, and the like , bear jointly, help to bear, “ξυνοίσω πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω” S.El.946; “ς. κακά” E.HF1366; “πένθος τινί” Id.Alc.370; “τὰς τούτων ἁμαρτίας” Antipho
3. 2.11: hence, suffer, bear with, indulge, “ὀργὰς ξυνοίσω σοι” A.Eu. 848.
II. intr., confer a benefit, be useful or profitable, οὔ οἱ συνήνεικε τὸ ἔχθος did not do him any good, Hdt.9.37; “τὸ καὶ συνήνεικε ποιησάσῃ” Id.8.87; “καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτα” A.Supp.753, cf. Ar. Ach.252; “τοῦτο ς. τῷ βίῳ” Id.Pl.38; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ξ. turn out for the best, Id.Ec.475; “σῖτον . . καὶ οἶνον . . καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο βρῶμα, οἷ᾽ ἂν ἐς πολιορκίαν ξυμφέρῃ” Th.4.26; “πάντα ὅσα ἂν οἴηται συνοίσειν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸν βίον” X.Mem.2.2.5; “ὃ ς. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν” Arist.Pol. 1272a30, etc.
2. impers., it is of use, expedient, mostly c. inf., “ξυμφέρει σωφρονεῖν ὑπὸ στένει” A.Eu.520 (lyr.), cf. S.El.1440, Th.2.63, etc.; with Art. prefixed to inf., τὸ περιγενέσθαι . . ἀμφοτέροις ς. X. Mem.3.4.10; the inf. is freq. to be supplied, Th.1.123, X.Ath.3.11; also “ὡς νομίζω συμφέρειν ἡμῖν γενομένων τούτων” Pl.Phdr.230e; folld. by a clause, “ς. τῷ κοινῷ, ἢν . . ” Id.Lg.875a, cf. PCair.Zen.21.41 (iii B.C.); ς. ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον, X.An.7.8.4, Decr. ap. And.1.77.
3. part. συμφέρων, ουσα, ον, useful, expedient, fitting, S.OT875 (lyr.), etc.; βίος . . ἐκεῖσε συμφέρων profitable even beyond the grave, Pl.Grg.527b; “ἔστιν ἡσυχία . . συμφέρουσα τῇ πόλει” D.18.308.
b. in neut. as Subst., συμφέρον, οντος, τό, use, profit, advantage, S.Ph.926, Antipho 5.50, etc.; “ἐς τὸ ξ. καθίστασθαί τι” Th.4.60; ἡδίω τοῦ συμφέροντος more pleasant than is good for one, X.Smp.4.39; περαιτέρω τοῦ ὑμετέρου ς. Aeschin.3.80; “τὸ ς. τινός” Pl.R.338c, 340c, al.; τὸ ς. τινί ib.341d, 342b, D.18.139; “πρὸς τὸ ς. αὑτῷ” PCair.Zen.451.15 (iii B.C.): freq. also in pl., τὰ ς. S.Ph.131, etc.; τὰ μικρὰ ς., opp. τὰ ὅλα, the petty interests, D.18.28; “τὰ συμφέροντα ἀνθρώποις” Pl.Lg.875a, cf. IG42(1).68.84 (Epid., iv B.C.); but also τὰ τῆς πατρίδος ς. Din.1.99, cf. Pl.Plt.297a, D.18.120, etc.; also in aor. part., “τό τῳ ξυνενεγκόν” Th.2.51; συμφέρον ἐστί, = συμφέρει, Heraclit.8, Ar.Pl. 49, X.An.6.1.26, etc.; εἰ μὴ ξυμφέρον (sc. ἐστί) Th.3.44.
III. intr., also,
1. work with, assist, “σφῷν ὅπως ἄριστα συμφέροι θεός” S.Ph.627; “πάντα συμφέρουσ᾽ Ἰάσονι” E.Med.13; συμφέροντι (or Συμφέροντι as pr. n.) “Ἡρακλεῖ” IG22.2114.
2. agree with, “τοὐμὸν ξυνοίσειν ὄνομα τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς” S.Aj.431; “εἴ τι ξυνοίσεις . . τοῖς θεσφάτοις” Ar.Eq. 1233; “ἐὰν μὴ τῇ γυναικὶ συμφέρῃ” Id.Lys.166; come to terms with, give way to, “τοῖς κρείσσοσι” S.El.1465; v. infr. B.11.
3. fit, suit, ᾗ μήτε Χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει (v. Χλαῖνα) Ar.Ra.1459; [“γυνὴ] σιμὴ ἄν σοι ἰσχυρῶς συμφέροι” X.Cyr.8.4.21.
4. of events, happen, take place, turn out, c. acc. et inf., Hdt.1.73, 3.129, 6.23,117, etc.; with ὥστε . . , Id.1.74; τὰ ἄλλα . . αὐτῇ συνήνεικε ἐς εὐτυχίην γενόμενα turned out for her advantage, Id.8.88; v. infr. B.111.2.
B. Pass. συμφέρομαι: fut. συνοίσομαι: aor. Pass. “ξυνηνέχθην” Th. 7.44, Ion. “συνηνείχθην” Hdt.1.19, 2.111, 3.10: pf. συνενήνεγμαι (Hes. Sc.440), v. συνενείκομαι:—come together, opp. διαφέρεσθαι, Heraclit. 10, cf. Pl.Sph.242e, etc.; meet, associate with, Theoc.Ep.8.2; of sexual intercourse, Luc.Herm.34, Tox.15.
2. in hostile sense, meet in battle, engage, “πτόλεμόνδε” Il.8.400; “μάχῃ” 11.736; τινι with one, A. Th.636: abs., Th.7.36; so “συνοισόμεθα πτολεμίζειν” Hes.Sc.358; ς. κακῷ encounter it, Hdt.6.50.
II. agree with, οὐδαμοῖσι ἄλλοισι ς. ἀνθρώπων, in custom, Id.1.173, cf. 2.80, etc.; in statement, ib.44, al.; “περί τινος” Id.4.13; opp. διαφέρεσθαι, Antipho 5.42; live on friendly terms with, τισι Hdt.4.114, Opp.H.5.34: abs., agree together, be of one mind, εἰ δὲ μὴ συμφεροίατο if they could not agree, Hdt.1.196; “ἐὰν δὲ ἀνὴρ καὶ γυνὴ μηδαμῇ συμφέρωνται” Pl.Lg.929e; also “ξ. γνώμῃ ὥστε ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι τοῦ πολέμου” Th.4.65; καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς ξ. settle their affairs by themselves, Id.6.13; concur, “τῇδε γὰρ ξυνοίσομαι” S.OC641; “ἐγὼ δὲ τούτοις κατὰ τοῦτο εἶναι οὐ συμφέρομαι” Pl.Prt. 317a.
2. to be in harmony with, εὖ τοῖς πράγμασι ς. Id.Cra.419d; adapt oneself to, “τοῖς παροῦσιν” Plu.Tim.15; ς. τὰ πολλὰ πολλοῖς correspond with, E.Heracl.919(lyr.); Χαίτης πῶς συνοίσεται πλόκος; correspond, be like, Id.El.527; “συμφέρεται ὡυτὸς εἶναι” Hdt.2.79; “ἔργῳ τοὔνομα συμφέρεται” Call.Epigr.6.6.
III. of events, happen, turn out, occur, come to pass, “ἔμελλε τοιοῦτό σφι συνοίσεσθαι” Hdt.8.86; “οὐδὲν γάρ σφι Χρηστὸν συνεφέρετο” Id.4.157; “οὐδέν οἱ μέγα ἀνάρσιον πρῆγμα συνηνείχθη” Id.3.10; “ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον τὸ πρᾶγμα . . συνοίσεται” Ar.Nu.594; “οὐδὲ πυθέσθαι ῥᾴδιον ἦν . . , ὅτῳ τρόπῳ ἕκαστα ξυνηνέχθη” Th.7.44; “ξ. θόρυβος” Id.8.84; “μεταβολαί” Pl.Plt.270c, etc.
2. impers., συμφέρεται ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον it happens, falls out for the better, Hdt.7.8.“ά; ἄμεινον συνοίσεσθαι” Id.4.15; αὐτῷ συνεφέρετο παλιγκότ ως it turned out ill to him, ib.156; so “συνηνείχθη τοιόνδε γενέσθαι πρῆγμα” Id.1.19, cf. 6.86.ά, Th.1.23, al.; “ς. οἱ τυφλὸν γενέσθαι” Hdt.2.111; v. supr. A. 111.4.
IV. literally, to be carried along with, ἀστράσι μήνη ς. Man.6.319; κύδεα . . ψυχαῖς οὐ μάλα ς. do not follow them (beyond the grave), AP4.4.4 (Agath.).
V. Gramm., to be constructed with, αἰτιατικῇ, etc., A.D.Synt.285.1, al.: also, agree in form with, “ς. φωνῇ [τῇ] πρὸς τὰς δοτικάς” Id.Adv.209.28.
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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