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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">continuity</b>, τῆς κινήσεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1050b26</span>; [<b class="b3">τῶν νεύρων</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>515b6</span>; [ἡ ῥάχις] μία μὲν διὰ τὴν σ., πολυμερὴς δὲ τῇ διαιρέσει τῶν σπονδύλων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>654b15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>559a7</span>; σ. ἔχειν πρός τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>652b3</span>; ὁ ὅλος ὄγκος ὥσπερ κατὰ συνέχειαν τρέφεται καὶ ἐπιδίδωσι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>1.12.4</span>; <b class="b3">σ. γίνεται</b> there is a <b class="b2">continuous succession</b> (of flowering), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HP</span>6.8.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.10.3</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τῶν ἀκροβολισμῶν, τῆς μάχης</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.100.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.8.5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">coherence</b>, πρὸς τὰ οἰκεῖα μέρη <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.145; νόσος . . τῆς σ. [τοῦ σώματος] τῶν μερῶν διαίρεσις Gal.7.2; ὀδύνη γίνεται . . τῆς σ. λυομένης Id.15.515. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">κατὰ συνέχειαν ἀριθμεῖσθαι</b> to be reckoned <b class="b2">by conjunction</b> (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4, 5, 6, 7), <span class="bibl">Steph.<span class="title">in Hp.</span>1.198</span> D. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> mere <b class="b2">sequence</b> of words, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>261e</span>, <span class="bibl">262c</span>; <b class="b2">connexion</b> in a sentence, τῶν ὀνομάτων <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Vett.Cens.</span>5.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Comp.</span>23</span>; γραμμάτων <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>68</span>; also of argument, <b class="b3">αἱ κατὰ συνέχειαν [προτάσεις]</b>, = [[συνημμένα ἀξιώματα]] (cf. συνάπτω A. 111.3), <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.71, cf. 85; σ. ἀποδείξεων <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>32</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν τῷ λογίζεσθαι σ</b>. Plu. 2.792d; πυκνότης καὶ συνέχεια <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>2.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of Time, <b class="b2">link</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>222a10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">sequence, chain</b> of cause and effect, ἐπισύνδεσις καὶ σ. τῶν αἰτίων <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Fat.</span>195.3</span>; τῶν ἐφεξῆς σ. καὶ συμπλοκή <span class="bibl">Plot.3.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">continuity of substance, viscosity</b>, (sc. <b class="b3">ἐλαίου</b>) <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Od.</span>18</span>; of dripping honey, <b class="b3">μὴ . . ὑγρόν, ὡς ἀποσπᾶσθαι τῆς σ</b>. Gal.6.270; <b class="b3">ἡ πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλὸν τοῦ ἐμβρύου σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Sor.1.71</span>; of broken bones, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fract.</span>5</span>, al.; σ. τῶν φυτῶν <span class="bibl">Hdn.7.2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">compactness, close order</b>, of military formation, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>11.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>11.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">continued attention, perseverance</b>, <span class="bibl">D.18.218</span>; <b class="b2">continuance</b> of an action, τῇ σ. τῆς μελέτης <span class="bibl">Hierocl. <span class="title">in CA</span>27p.484M.</span>; <b class="b2">practice</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.4.6.3</span>; <b class="b3">συνεχείας δηλωτική</b>, = <b class="b2">frequentativa</b>, Gloss.</span>