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συνετός , ή, όν, (συνίημι)
A.intelligent, sagacious, wise, Democr.98, Pi.P.5.107, Hdt.1.185 (Comp.), etc.; “φωνάεντα συνετοῖσινPi.O.2.85; of Zeus and Apollo, “ξυνετοὶ καὶ τὰ βροτῶν εἰδότεςS.OT498 (lyr.); “ξ. φρένεςAr.Ra.876 (lyr.); of animals, Arist.HA589a1 (Comp.); ς. ἡλικίη the age of wisdom, AP5.111 (Phld.), etc.; συνετή alone, ib. 11.25 (Apollonid.); also τὸ ς., = σύνεσις, E.Or.1180, Th.2.15; τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν ξ. Id.3.82: c. gen. rei, intelligent in a thing, “ξ. πολέμουE.Or. 1406 (anap.): c. acc., “τά τ᾽ οἰκτρὰ ς. εἰμι καὶ τὰ μήId.IA1255; “τὰ ἀχρεῖαTh.1.84; “τὰ πολιτικάD.H.4.45.
III. Adv. -τῶς intelligently, E.IA466, Ar.V.633 (lyr.).
2. intelligibly, “διαλέγεσθαιArist.Pr.902a17; φθεγξαμένου . . οὐδὲν ς. Plu.Sull.27; συνετὰ ὁμιλεῖν to discourse intelligibly, Babr.Prooem.11.
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