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|Definition=aor. <b class="b3">συνέσχον</b>:—Med., fut. <b class="b3">συνέξομαι</b> in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">D. <span class="title">Ep.</span>3.40</span>: so <b class="b3">συσχόμενος</b> (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>250d</span>:—Pass., aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> συνεσχέθην <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.35U.</span>: fut. inf. συσχεθήσεσθαι Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.97 W.:—<b class="b2">hold</b> or <b class="b2">keep together, confine, secure</b>, <b class="b3">ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον [θώρηκα</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.4.133</span>, <span class="bibl">20.415</span>; <b class="b3">ἵνα τε ξυνέχουσι τένοντες ἀγκῶνος</b> where the sinews of the elbow <b class="b2">hold</b> [it] <b class="b2">together</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">478</span> (but perh. <b class="b2">meet</b>, v. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>); <b class="b3">Ὠκεανός . . συνεῖχε σάκος</b> <b class="b2">enclosed, compassed</b> it, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>315</span>; <b class="b3">Αἴτνα σ. [Τυφῶνα</b>] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.19</span>; <b class="b3">τὼ μηρὼ σ</b>. <b class="b2">hold</b> them <b class="b2">together</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>966</span>; τὰ σκέλη [τοῦ βρέφους] συνεχέτω <span class="bibl">Sor.1.101</span>; τοὺς τρεῖς ξυνέχων τῶν δακτύλων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>95</span>; <b class="b3">συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν</b> <b class="b2">closed</b> or <b class="b2">stopped</b> their ears, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>7.57</span>; <b class="b3">μηδὲ συσχέτω ἐπ' ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ</b> let not the pit <b class="b2">close</b> its mouth upon me, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>68(69).15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Is.</span>52.16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δέρμα σ. [τὰ ὀστᾶ</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>98d</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄτλας ἅπαντα σ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">99c</span>; λάκκους συντετριμμένους, οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται ὕδωρ συνέχειν <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Je.</span>2.13</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ λεγόμενον ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος</b>" <b class="b2">trapped</b> in a well, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>165b</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ καρπὸς . . ἂν μὴ πλυθῇ . . συνέχεται</b> <b class="b2">sticks together</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.15.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ στόμα οὐ συνεσχέθη ἔτι</b> my mouth <b class="b2">was</b> no longer <b class="b2">closed</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ez.</span>33.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">keep together, keep from dispersing</b>, <b class="b3">στράτευμα, δύναμιν</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">D.8.76</span>; σ. ἐν τῷ χάρακι <span class="bibl">Plb.10.39.1</span>; ὥπλισε . . καὶ συνεῖχε τοῦ τείχους ἐντός <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span> 23</span>; περὶ Κύπρον σ. τὸ ναυτικόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cim.</span>18</span>; <b class="b2">continue, keep on</b>, <b class="b3">μὴ πλείους πέντε ἡμερῶν σύσχῃς τὸ ὕδωρ</b> (the flooding) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>155.5</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b2">keep</b>, τοὺς πολίτας σ. ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.193e</span>; προστάξαντος αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις συνέχειν ἑαυτόν, ὁ δὲ ἀπεδύσατο <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">VH</span>14.48</span>; <b class="b2">preserve</b>, οἱ ἅλες ἐπὶ πλεῖστον [τὰ σώματα] συνέχοντες <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.255</span>; <b class="b2">maintain</b>, σ. τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐκ τῶν ἱεροσυληθέντων λειψάνων <span class="bibl">D.S.16.61</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be continuous</b>, <span class="bibl">Parm.8.23</span>; <b class="b2">to be maintained</b>, πᾶσα ἕξις . . ὑπὸ τῶν καταλλήλων ἔργων συνέχεται καὶ αὔξεται <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Epict.</span>2.18.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of social and political order, <b class="b3">σ. πόλεις</b> <b class="b2">keep</b> states <b class="b2">together, keep</b> them <b class="b2">from falling to pieces, maintain</b> them, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>312</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.9</span>; τὸ φρονεῖν σ. δώματα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>392</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1308</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἀνθρώπους ἡ κοινωνία σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>508a</span>; ἡ τὰ πάντα πολιτεύματα συνέχουσα εἰς ἓν δίκη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>945d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>311c</span>; σ. τὴν πολιτείαν <span class="bibl">D.24.2</span>; τὴν πολιτικὴν κοινωνίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1278b25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1270b17</span>; ὀρθῶς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι τὴν δύναμιν τῶν Ἀθηναίων συνεῖχεν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>22</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν οἴνῳ τὰς ἀρχὰς συνεῖχε</b> <b class="b2">conducted</b> the government over wine, Id.2.714b; also ὁ τὸν ὅλον κόσμον συντάττων καὶ συνέχων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>1.7</span>; <b class="b3">ξ. τὴν εἰρεσίαν</b> <b class="b2">keep</b> the rowers <b class="b2">together, make</b> them <b class="b2">pull in time</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.14</span>:—Pass., μετ' ἀλλήλων συνέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>43e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">keep together in friendship</b>, ἁμέ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 1265</span> (lyr.); τοὺς ἐρωμένους <span class="bibl">Ath.13.563e</span>:—Pass., τὸ ὂν συνέχεται . . φιλίᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>242e</span>; τὰ πράγματα ὑπ' εὐνοίας <span class="bibl">D.11.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> Pass. also, <b class="b2">engage in close combat</b>, ἐγχειριδίοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.214</span>; of sexual intercourse, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>540a24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>731a19</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>28.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b2">occupy</b> or <b class="b2">engage</b>, ἑαυτὸν ἐν γυναιξὶ καὶ θιάσοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>34</span>; [γυναῖκα] συνέχειν ἐπὶ καπηλείου Id.2.785d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">contain, comprise, embrace</b>, <b class="b3">εἷς λόγος πάσας τὰς αἰσθήσεις σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>374d</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ συνέχον</b> <b class="b2">the chief matter</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.12.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>9.7.1</span>, Gal.16.516; τὸ σ. καὶ κυριώτατον <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span> p.22</span> O.; τὰ συνέχοντα <span class="bibl">Plb.6.46.6</span>, Gal.15.2; τὰ σ. ἀγαθά Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.25: c. gen., <b class="b3">τὸ σ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας</b> <b class="b2">the chief reason for . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.28.4.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.51.1</span>, <span class="bibl">18.39.3</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς σωτηρίας</b> <b class="b2">the chief means of . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.10.47.11</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σ. τῶν ἐγγράπτων</b> the <b class="b2">chief</b> clauses, <span class="bibl">Id.3.27.1</span>; τὸ σ. τῆς ἐννοίας <span class="bibl">Id.3.29.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.5.5</span>, <span class="bibl">18.44.2</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸν πρὸς τῇ ὑπεκλύσει πυρετὸν ὑπ' ἄλλης αἰτίας συνέχεσθαι</b> <b class="b2">is chiefly caused</b> (cf. <b class="b3">συνεκτικός</b>) by... <span class="bibl">Sor.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">detain</b>, <b class="b3">τὰς καμήλους ἐν τῇ Νεχθενίβιος</b> (sc. <b class="b3">κώμῃ</b>) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>103.3</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b2">sequestrate</b>, PEnteux.3.7, 85.3 (iii B.C.); <b class="b2">keep under arrest</b>, PMich.Zen.36.6 (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1824.27</span> (i B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>22.63</span>; προσαπήγαγέν με εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν καὶ συνέσχεν ἐφ' ἡμέρας δ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEnteux.</span>83.7</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">84.11</span> (iii B.C.):—Pass., συνέχομαι ἐμ φυλακῇ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.50</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>347.3</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span> 65.11</span> (i B.C.), etc.; of things <b class="b2">held</b> as security, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>373.3</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">constrain</b> or <b class="b2">force</b> one to a thing, ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ σ. ἡμᾶς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>5.14</span>; <b class="b2">oppress</b>, Ev.Luc.8.45, 19.43; ἡ σκληροκοιτία λυπεῖ καὶ σ. τὸ σῶμα Gal.15.196:—used by early writers only in Pass., <b class="b3">συνέχεσθαί τινι</b> <b class="b2">to be constrained, distressed, afflicted</b>, and, generally, <b class="b2">to be affected by</b> anything whether in mind or body, πατρὶ συνείχετο . . χαλεπῷ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.131</span>; ξ. τοῖσι Λυκούργου πατριώταις <span class="bibl">Pherecr.11</span>; <b class="b3">σ. πολέμῳ, δουληΐῃ</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.23</span>, <span class="bibl">6.12</span>; ὀνείρασι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>656</span>; φροντίδι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>634</span>; <b class="b3">δίψῃ, πόνῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>, <span class="bibl">3.98</span>; πυρετῷ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>4.38</span>; κακῷ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1096</span>; μεγάλοις καὶ ἀνιάτοις νοσήμασιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>512a</span>; πάσῃ ἀπορίᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>250d</span>; ἀγρυπνίαις <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).122.50 (Epid., iv B.C.); <b class="b3">τῷ λόγῳ</b> (v.l. [[πνεύματι]]) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>18.5</span>; γέλωτι συσχεθέντα τελευτῆσαι <span class="bibl">D.L.7.185</span>; ἔρωτι συσχεθείς <span class="bibl">Conon 40.3</span>; ἄνθρωπος συνεχόμενος ἀπὸ οἴνου <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Je.</span>23.9</span>; <b class="b3">συνεχομένη τῇ συνειδήσει</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Wi.</span>17.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">constrain, hinder, hold back</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>59</span>; <b class="b3">σύσχῃ τὸν οὐρανόν</b> <b class="b2">shut up</b> the heaven, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">De.</span>11.17</span>; <b class="b3">συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>8.2</span>; <b class="b3">συνεσχέθη ἡ θραῦσις ἐπάνωθεν Ἰσραήλ</b> the plague <b class="b2">was stayed</b> from Israel, ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ki.</span>24.25</span>: metaph., ὑπὸ τοῦ γένους <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>122.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Synt.</span>342.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">hold at the same time</b>, δύο σχολάς <span class="bibl">Str.14.1.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">buy up and withhold, make a corner in</b>, σῖτον <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Pr.</span> 11.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> Gramm., <b class="b3">σ. τὸ ἄρθρον</b> <b class="b2">to be accompanied by</b> the article, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>35.2</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">συνέσχον</b> I <b class="b2">also received . .</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>577.16</span> (iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">meet</b>, v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>; εἰς ἕν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>530b27</span>; <b class="b3">πρός τι</b> <b class="b2">to be connected with</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.145</span>.</span>