σύμπτωσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[falling together]], [[collapsing]], Hp. ''Aph.''1.3, ''Epid.''6.3.1; τῆς οἰκίας Str.14.5.4, cf. 5.3.7, S.E.''M.''5.91, ''CIG''3293 (Smyrna).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[falling together]], [[meeting]], ([[ποταμῶν]]) Plb. 3.49.6; ὀρῶν Id.2.14.8; [[point of meeting]] or [[intersection]], Archim. ''Sph.Cyl.''1.10, al., Str.2.1.10,37, Ptol.''Geog.''1.3.1, Dam.''Pr.''29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in hostile sense, [[attack]], [[onset]], Plb.1.57.7, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[συνέμπτωσις]], Sch.Ar.''Th.''21, A.D.''Adv.''151.5, ''Synt.''52.8 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] συνέμ-).<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">σ. φωνηέντων</b> [[collision]] of vowels, Phld.''Rh.''1.163S.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[incident]], [[accident]], Arist.''HA''585b25; [[circumstance]], Plb.3.49.5.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a disease of the eye, prob. [[contraction of the pupil]], Gal.14.777; also, [[contraction of the throat]], Aret.''CA''1.4.