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συνήθης , ες, gen. εος, contr. ους, gen. pl. συνηθέων, contr. συνηθῶν (or συνήθων, Hdn.Gr.1.428):—
A.dwelling or living together, accustomed or used to each other, “συνήθεες ἀλλήλῃσινHes.Th.230; like each other in habits, Th.1.71; συνήθεις καὶ γνώριμοι acquaintances, Pl.R. 375e, cf. Arist.EN1126b25; φίλοι καὶ ς. Philem.213.13; ς. τινί well-acquainted or intimate with one, Pl.Cri.43a, La.188a, Men.Pk. 258: less freq. as Subst., friend, intimate, Phld.Rh.1.332 S., etc.: c. gen., D.S.19.47, Plu.Num.1.
II. habituated, accustomed, “τῷ σκότῳPl.R.517d; “σώματα πᾶσι ποτοῖς καὶ πόνοις ς. γιγνόμεναId.Lg. 797e; of animals, χειρὶ ς., = χειροήθης, AP9.287 (Apollonid.): abs., τὰ σύντροφα καὶ ς. those reared and bred with him, Arist.HA629b11; οἱ ς. τόποι their wonted haunts, ib.596b29: c. inf., “ς. ᾁδειν γενόμενοιPl.Lg.666d.
2. of things, habitual, customary, usual, ἔθος, πότμος, S.Ph.894, Tr.88; ς. ὄμμα a customary vision, Id.El.903, cf. Hp.Aph. 2.49; “δίαιταTh.1.6; “σημεῖα τῷ γένει -έστεραAnd.2.26; τὸ ξ. ἥσυχον your habitual quietness, Th.6.34; τὸ ξ. φοβερόν ib.55; “σύνηθες αἰεὶ ταῦτα βαστάζειν ἐμοίE.Alc.40, cf. Arist.Pol.1295b17; “διὰ τὸ μὴ ς. νομοθέτῃPl.Lg.739a: τὸ ς. the customary, X.Mem.3.14.6; custom, Arist.Rh.1369b16, al.; τὸ τῆς ἑορτῆς ς. Pl.Ti.21b; of language, in common use, A.D.Pron.45.1, al.; τὸ ς. usage, Id.Adv.178.28.
III. Adv. -θως, ἔχειν τινί to be acquainted, friendly with, D.37.26.
3. according to common usage, opp. τοπικῶς, Sch.Th.Oxy.853 xiii 4; ς. νοουμένη οἰκονομία as commonly conceived, Phld.Oec.p.29 J.
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