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συγ-κλείω , fut. -κλείσω: Ion. συγ-κληΐω , fut -κληΐσω: old Att. ξυγκλήω , fut. -κλῄσω: Ep. aor.
3. pit against one another, set to fight as in the lists, “οἳ σὲ καὶ Ἑρμιόναν ἔριδι . . ξυνέκλῃσανE.Andr.122 (lyr.).
II. shut close, close, “στόμαE.Hipp.498; “ὄμμαId.Hec.430, Ion 241; [τὰ βλέφαρα] X.Mem.1.4.6 (Pass.); “ξ. τὰς πύλαςTh.4.67; “τὰς θύραςAeschin.1.74; “τὰς θυρίδαςGal.16.578: abs., σύγκλῃε shut the doors, Ar.Ach.1096; ς. τὰ δικαστήρια close the courts, Id.Eq.1317; “τὰ καπηλεῖαLys.Fr.1.3; ς. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς close them up by blows, D.54.8:—Pass., “τὸ δεσμωτήριον συνεκέκλειστοAnd.1.48 codd. (συνεκέκλῃτο Sauppe); of bivalve fish, Arist. HA 528a16; of eyebrows, come together, Hp.Loc.Hom.3; of wounds, Dsc.Ther.2.
2. intr. in Act., ὥρας ἤδη συγκλειούσης as the season was now closing in, i.e. the days becoming shorter, Plb.18.7.3, cf. D.S.10.4; “τοῦ καιροῦ συγκλείοντος εἰς χειμῶναGDI3087.19 (Chersonesus).
III. close jointly, “συνανοιγόντων καὶ συγκλειόντωνIG12.91.17.
IV. ς. τὰς ἀσπίδας lock their shields, X.Cyr.7.1.33: hence, abs., close up the ranks, Th.4.35; τὸ διάκενον καὶ οὐ ξυγκλῃσθέν the part that was not closed up, of a gap in the line, Id.5.72.
V. conclude, complete, λόγον, διάνοιαν, A.D.Adv.121.1, Synt.66.8:—Pass., ib.11.9.
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