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συνδέω ,
A.bind or tie together, of two or more things, “συνέδησα πόδας δεινοῖο πελώρου” Od.10.168; “σὺν δὲ πόδας χεῖράς τε δέον” 22.189; “οἶνος ς. πόδας χεῖράς τε γλῶσσάν τε νόον τε” Hes.Fr.121; “τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας” Pl.Euthphr.4c; ς. γαύλους bind them together, side by side, Hdt.8.97, cf. Plb.1.22.9; δέλτον λύειν καὶ ς. fasten it up, E.IA110; act as binding material, “ὁ συνδέων πηλός” CPR232.17 (ii/iii A.D.):— Pass., τὰς χεῖρας συνεδέθησαν had their hands tied together, Demad.13; ἰσχία μὴ συνδεδεμένα flanks not well-knit, of dogs, X.Cyn.4.1, cf. Arist.Pr.873a33.
2. of persons, bind hand and foot, “ὁππότε μιν ξυνδῆσαι Ὀλύμπιοι ἤθελον ἄλλοι” Il.1.399, cf. Hdt.9.119, S.Aj.62, Ph. 1016, E.Cyc.238, etc.; λαγὼς αὐτὸς ς. ἑαυτόν entangles itself, X Cyr. 1.6.40:—Pass., συνδεδεμένος constrained, cramped, Philostr.Im.2.21.
b. bind up a wound, σφενδόνῃ with . . , Il.13.599.
3. bind up with, combine closely, “σάρκας ὀστοῖς” Pl.Ti.84a, cf. 73b, Smp.202e, Tht.160b; also “τι ἀπό τινος” Luc.Syr.D.29; of parts growing together, Hp.Mul.1.40.
4. generally, bind together, unite, [ἰσότης] φίλους φίλοις πόλεις τε πόλεσι συμμάχους τε συμμάχοις ς. E.Ph.538; “τὸ κοινὸν συνδεῖ τὰς πόλεις” Pl.Lg.875a; “ἡδονῆς καὶ λύπης κοινωνία συνδεῖ” Id.R.462b; “ς. καὶ συνέχειν” Id.Phd.99c; ς. τινὰ πενίᾳ bind him to . . , Alciphr.3.49.
5. connect, opp. διαζευγνύω, A.D.Conj. 214.6, al.
II. Med., σύνδησαι πέπλους gird up thy robes, E.Andr. 832 (lyr., Reiske for πέπλοις).
2. have things bound together, Ti. Locr. 99a, Them.Or.4.59a.
3. unite themselves, form a union, “πρὸς παίδων γέννησιν” Pl.Plt.310b, cf. Betion ap.D.L.4.54.
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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