συναφή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A connexion, union, Arist.Spir.484b22, Thphr.Ign.33, Plu.2.1080f (pl.), etc.; κατὰ συναφήν in connexion with other things, opp. αὐτοτελῶς, Epicur.Ep.2p.36U.; conjunction of heavenly bodies, PMag.Leid.W.24.21, Nech. ap. Vett.Val.279.23, Man.1.74, al.; application, opp. ἀπόρροια 1.3, Gal.19.543, Paul.Al.H.1; generally, combination, Epicur.Nat.11.13, 28.9; opp. ἀφαίρεσις, Phld. D.3.12, etc.; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους σ. Thphr.CP4.12.8, cf. Metaph.2; confluence, τινὸς πρός τι Ptol.Geog.3.16.8, etc.; junction of branches of the Milky Way, Id.Alm.8.2.    II point or line of junction, as in bivalve shells, Arist.PA680a24; tangential point of a circle and straight line, Id.LI971b17; ἡ τοῦ βέλους πρὸς τὸ ξύλον σ. Plb. 6.23.11; τῶν μισθοφόρων καὶ τῶν ἱππέων Id.12.18.10; κατὰ τὴν σ. ἐγκεκλιμέναι Plu.2.1079d; Astron., = σύνδεσμος VI. 1, node, Cleom. 2.5.    III in Music, conjunction of two tetrachords, opp. διάζευξις 2, Plu.2.491a, CleonidHarm.10, Bacch.38,81, Gaud.6, POxy.667.11 (Aristox.(?)); cf. συνάπτω A.111.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1005] ἡ, = συνάφεια; Arist. partt. an. 4, 5; ἡ τοῦ βέλους πρὸς τὸ ξύλον, Pol. 6, 23, 11, vgl. 12, 18, 10. – Bei den Mathem. der Berührungspunkt.