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|Full diacritics=συμβολικός
|Medium diacritics=συμβολικός
|Low diacritics=συμβολικός
|Capitals=ΣΥΜΒΟΛΙΚΟΣ
|Transliteration A=symbolikós
|Transliteration B=symbolikos
|Transliteration C=symvolikos
|Beta Code=sumboliko/s
|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">belonging to a</b> <b class="b3">συμβολή</b> or <b class="b2">a</b> <b class="b3">σύμβολον</b>, esp., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">symbolical, figurative, riddling</b>, ἀπόκρισις <span class="bibl">Ph.1.617</span>, cf. Plu.2.354f; τρόπος τῆς διδασκαλίας <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">VP</span>5.20</span>: Comp., <span class="bibl">Ph.2.295</span>. Adv., <b class="b3">-κῶς φράζειν</b> <b class="b2">by signs</b>, Plu.2.511b, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.242</span>, al., Gal.13.272: Comp., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>59</span>; also, <b class="b2">by way of correspondence</b> (cf. σύμβολον <span class="bibl">111.5</span>), τῷ ἐρωτήματι ἕπεται -κῶς ἡ ἀπόκρισις <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.62. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">paid for by subscription</b>, πρόποσις <span class="title">AP</span>5.133 (Posidipp.); <b class="b3">κώθων</b> Antig.Caryst. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.12.547d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">conventional</b>, μετάθεσις <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span> 187.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Conj.</span>226.20</span>; τὸ ἐπικείμενον ἑκάστῳ ὄνομα σ. ἐστιν <span class="bibl">Syrian. <span class="title">in Hermog.</span>1.106</span> R. Adv. <b class="b3">-κῶς</b> ibid., <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>314.6</span>: Comp., ib.<span class="bibl">8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">-κά, τά</b>, <b class="b2">charge for making out a receipt</b>, POxy.1650a5 (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">-ική, ἡ</b>, mantic art which employs σύμβολα 111.2, Gal.14.615.</span>
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