συμβιβάζω
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English (LSJ)
Causal of συμβαίνω,
A bring together: Pass., to be put together, to be knit together, framed, ἔκ τινος Ep.Eph.4.16, Ep.Col.2.19. 2 metaph., bring to terms, reconcile, Hdt.1.74; σ. τινά τινι reconcile one to another, Th.2.29; σ. [τινὰς] εἰς τὸ μέσον, as mediator, Pl.Prt.337e: abs., bring about an agreement, IG12.57.24. II put together, compare, examine, τὰ λεγόμενα Pl.Hp.Mi.369d; [τὰς μεταφοράς] Phld.Rh.1.174 S.; σ. περί τινων ὃ ἕκαστον εἴη Pl.R.504a (though Timaeus here expld. it intr. agree). III elicit a logical consequence, infer (cf. συμβαίνω 111.3 b), Arist.Top.155a25, SE181a22; ἔκ τινων Id.Top.161b37; σ. ὅτι . . ib. 154a36; σ. ὡς . . Id.Rh.Al. 1426a37, 1441a6; σ. πότερον . . Id.Top.158b27; πῶς . . Phld.Rh.1.172 S. (Pass.); ὅτι . . Act.Ap.9.22: c. acc. et inf., Ocell.3.3:—Pass., συμβιβασθέντος when the conclusion has been drawn, v.l. in Arist.SE 179a30. 2 teach, instruct, συμβιβάσω ὑμᾶς ἃ ποιήσετε LXX Ex. 4.15; συμβιβάσεις τοὺς υἱούς σου ib.De.4.9, cf. Is.40.14, 1 Ep.Cor.2.16.
