I.a putting together, composition, combination, Plat.; γραμμάτων συνθέσεις, i. e. syllables and words, Aesch.:—also, of an author's composition, Isocr.
II.metaph., like συνθεσία, an agreement, treaty, Pind., Plut.
III.Lat. synthesis was a suit of clothes, Mart.; esp. a loose gown, worn at dinner-parties, id=Mart.