σύστημα

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ατος, τό,

   A whole compounded of several parts or members, system, Pl.Epin.991e, Arist.GA740a20; of the composite whole of soul and body, Epicur.Ep.1p.21U.; τὸ ὅλον σ. τοῦ σώματος D.H. Rh.10.6.    b in literary sense, composition, ἐποποιικὸν σ. [πραγμάτων] Arist.Po.1456a11; λυρικὰ σ. SIG660.3 (Delph., ii B.C.); τέχνη ἐστὶ σ. ἐκ καταλήψεων συγγεγυμνασμένων Zeno Stoic.1.21, cf. Arr.Epict.1.20.5; of the syllogism, S.E.P.2.173.    c = σύστασις B. 11.2, Arist.GA758b3.    2 organized government, constitution, Pl.Lg. 686b, Arist.EN1168b32; σ. δημοκρατίας Plb.2.38.6, cf. 6.10.14; τὸ ἐκ θεῶν καὶ σοφῶν σ. Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.241; confederacy, σ. τῶν Ἀχαιῶν Plb.2.41.15, cf. 9.28.2; τὸ Ἀμφικτιονικὸν σ. SIG761 A 16 (Delph., i B.C.), Delph.3(1).480.16; band of partisans, J.AJ20.9.4; σ. τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν, of a Jewish community, Id.Ap.1.7:—it seems to have meant also a company or guild, CIG2508 (Cos, Dor. σύστα-μα), 2562 (Hierapytna), 2699 (Mylasa); or a committee, τῆς γερουσίας ib.2930 (Tralles).    3 body of soldiers, corps, usu. of a definite number, like τάγμα, σύνταγμα, σ. μισθοφόρων, ἱππέων, etc., Plb.1.81.11, 30.25.8, etc.; but τὸ τῆς φάλαγγος σ. the phalanx itself, Id.5.53.3.    b a boat's crew, Alciphr.1.8.    4 generally,flock, herd, Plb.12.4.10; τὰ βασιλικὰ σ. τῶν ἱπποτροφιῶν Id.10.27.2.    5 college of priests or magistrates, Id.21.13.11, Str.17.1.29, etc.; of the Roman Senate, Plu. Rom.13, cf. Lib.Or.11.146.    6 in Music, system of intervals, scale, Pl.Phlb.17d; σ. ἐναρμόνια, ὀκτάχορδα, Aristox.Harm.p.2 M., cf. Ph.1.10, Plu.2.1142f, Cleonid.Harm.1.    b strain, Jul.Caes. 315c.    7 in Metre, metrical system, as in Anapaestics, Heph. Poë.3.    8 Medic., accumulation of sediment, Hp.Epid.7.83; τὰ τῶν ὑδάτων σ. LXX Ge.1.10 (v.l. συστέματα), cf. Ezek.Exag.134, Sotion p.183 W.    9 Medic., the pulse-beats taken collectively, Gal.9.279.    10 machine, apparatus, Apollod.Poliorc.138.13.--The word first occurs in Hp. and Pl., but is chiefly used in later Prose.