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συνέχω , aor. συνέσχον:—Med., fut. συνέξομαι in pass. sense, D. Ep.3.40: so συσχόμενος (v. infr.), Pl.Sph.250d:—Pass., aor.
A.συνεσχέθηνEpicur.Ep.2p.35U.: fut. inf. “συσχεθήσεσθαιPhld.Ir.p.97 W.:—hold or keep together, confine, secure, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον [θώρηκα] Il.4.133, 20.415; ἵνα τε ξυνέχουσι τένοντες ἀγκῶνος where the sinews of the elbow hold [it] together, ib.478 (but perh. meet, v. infr. 11); Ὠκεανός . . συνεῖχε σάκος enclosed, compassed it, Hes.Sc.315; Αἴτνα ς. [Τυφῶνα] Pi.P.1.19; τὼ μηρὼ ς. hold them together, Ar.Nu.966; “τὰ σκέλη [τοῦ βρέφους] συνεχέτωSor.1.101; “τοὺς τρεῖς ξυνέχων τῶν δακτύλωνAr.V.95; συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν closed or stopped their ears, Act.Ap.7.57; μηδὲ συσχέτω ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ let not the pit close its mouth upon me, LXX Ps.68(69).15, cf. Is.52.16; τὸ δέρμα ς. [τὰ ὀστᾶ] Pl.Phd.98d; Ἄτλας ἅπαντα ς. ib.99c; “λάκκους συντετριμμένους, οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται ὕδωρ συνέχεινLXX Je.2.13:—Pass., τὸ λεγόμενον "ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος" trapped in a well, Pl.Tht.165b; καρπὸς . . ἂν μὴ πλυθῇ . . συνέχεται sticks together, Thphr.HP3.15.4; τὸ στόμα οὐ συνεσχέθη ἔτι my mouth was no longer closed, LXX Ez.33.22.
d. Pass. also, engage in close combat, “ἐγχειριδίοισιHdt.1.214; of sexual intercourse, Arist.HA540a24, GA731a19, Thphr.Char.28.3.
3. contain, comprise, embrace, εἷς λόγος πάσας τὰς αἰσθήσεις ς. Pl.Hp.Mi.374d; τὸ συνέχον the chief matter, Plb.2.12.3, Cic.Att.9.7.1, Gal.16.516; “τὸ ς. καὶ κυριώτατονPhld.Lib. p.22 O.; “τὰ συνέχονταPlb.6.46.6, Gal.15.2; “τὰ ς. ἀγαθάPhld.D.1.25: c. gen., τὸ ς. τῆς ἐκκλησίας the chief reason for . . , Plb.28.4.2, cf. 4.51.1, 18.39.3; τῆς σωτηρίας the chief means of . . , Id.10.47.11; τὰ ς. τῶν ἐγγράπτων the chief clauses, Id.3.27.1; “τὸ ς. τῆς ἐννοίαςId.3.29.9, cf. 4.5.5, 18.44.2:—Pass., τὸν πρὸς τῇ ὑπεκλύσει πυρετὸν ὑπ᾽ ἄλλης αἰτίας συνέχεσθαι is chiefly caused (cf. συνεκτικός) by . . , Sor.2.4.
4. detain, τὰς καμήλους ἐν τῇ Νεχθενίβιος (sc. κώμῃ) PMich.Zen.103.3 (iii B.C.); sequestrate, PEnteux.3.7, 85.3 (iii B.C.); keep under arrest, PMich.Zen.36.6 (iii B.C.), BGU1824.27 (i B.C.), Ev.Luc.22.63; “προσαπήγαγέν με εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν καὶ συνέσχεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δ_PEnteux.83.7 (iii B.C.), cf. 84.11 (iii B.C.):—Pass., “συνέχομαι ἐμ φυλακῇPPetr.2p.50 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.347.3 (iii B.C.), PRyl. 65.11 (i B.C.), etc.; of things held as security, PCair.Zen.373.3 (iii B.C.).
6. constrain, hinder, hold back, E.Rh.59; σύσχῃ τὸν οὐρανόν shut up the heaven, LXX De.11.17; συνεσχέθη ὑετὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ib.Ge.8.2; συνεσχέθη θραῦσις ἐπάνωθεν Ἰσραήλ the plague was stayed from Israel, ib.2 Ki.24.25: metaph., “ὑπὸ τοῦ γένουςA.D.Adv.122.22, cf. Synt.342.18.
7. hold at the same time, “δύο σχολάςStr.14.1.48.
8. buy up and withhold, make a corner in, “σῖτονLXX Pr. 11.26.
9. Gramm., ς. τὸ ἄρθρον to be accompanied by the article, A.D.Synt.35.2, al.
10. συνέσχον I also received . . , BGU577.16 (iii A.D.), etc.
II. intr., meet, v. supr. 1.1; “εἰς ἕνArist.HA530b27; πρός τι to be connected with, S.E.P.1.145.
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