A.compounding, esp. of words and sentences, Luc.Hist.Conscr.46, Hermog.Id.1.1,3, Philostr.VS1.17.4, Herm. in Phdr.p.175 A.: in concrete sense, a compound, Luc.Prom.Es5:— but in early writers,
II. convention, compact, “ς. καὶ ὁμολογία” Pl. Cra.384d, cf. 433e; “ὁ νόμος ς. καὶ ἐγγυητὴς ἀλλήλοις τῶν δικαίων” Arist.Pol.1280b10, cf. Rh.1376a33; ἐκ συνθήκης by agreement, Pl.Lg. 879a; “διὰ συνθήκης” Arist.APr.50a18; κατὰ συνθήκην conventionally, opp. φύσει, Id.EN1133a29; so συνθήκῃ ib.1134b32: pl., “συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ βλάπτειν ἄλληλα” Epicur.Sent.32.
2. article of a compact or treaty, “τὴν ξ. προφέροντες ἐν ᾗ εἴρητο” Th.5.31, cf. 1.78: also, treaty, “ς. καὶ συμμαχία” SIG421.1 (Thermon, iii B.C.): but in this signf. mostly in pl., articles of agreement, and hence, covenant, treaty, between individuals or states, A.Ch.555, Ar.Lys. 1267, Isoc.4.176, etc.; “συνθῆκαι περὶ εἰρήνης” X.Mem.4.4.17; γάμων ς. Plu.Luc.18; ς. κύριαι, ἄκυροι, Lys.18.15; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλους στρατεύειν οὐκ εἶναι ἐν ταῖς ς. X.HG7.5.4, cf. SIG135.1 (Olynthus, iv B.C.), al.; ξυνθῆκαι Λακεδαιμονίων πρὸς βασιλέα . . , σπονδὰς εἶναι καὶ φιλίαν κατὰ τάδε Foed. ap. Th.8.37, cf. IG12.90.21, Pl.Cri.54c, D.15.29; “συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι” Hdt.6.42, Ar.Pax1065, X.HG7.1.2; “ὑπὲρ τῶν βαρβάρων” Isoc.4.177; ποιεῖν τινι πρός τινα between them, X.Lac. 15.1; “ς. συνεθέμεθα” Lys.13.88; γράψαι, γράφασθαι, D.48.10, D.S.1.66; ἀναιρεῖν, λύειν, Isoc.17.31, 18.24; “παραβῆναι” Pl.Cri. l.c.; “ὑπερβαίνειν” Aeschin.1.164; παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἡγεῖσθαι Decr. ap. D.18.164; “συνθήκαις ἐμμένειν” Isoc.4.81; ἐκ τῶν ς. according to the covenant, ib.179; κατὰ τὰς ξ. Th.1.144, cf. Pl.Tht.183c; opp. παρὰ τὰς ς. Id.Cri.52d.
III. = θήκη, coffin, v.l. in Lib.Or.8.11.
