συστροφή
ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → a man who is incapable of entering into partnership, or who is so self-sufficing that he has no need to do so, is no part of a state, so that he must be either a lower animal or a god | whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A twisting together, σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, Pl.Plt.282e. 2 turning round, v.l. (ap.Plu.2.891e) in Placit.2.29.3, for συντροφή. 3 condensation, density, Arist.Pr.964a18. 4 pl., dealings, converse between men, Epicur. Sent.33. 5 metaph. of style, terseness, concentration, D.H.Dem. 18, Th.53, Demetr.Eloc.8; ἐν συστροφῇ concisely, PMag.Lond.46.25. II that which is rolled into one mass: hence, 1 collection, gathering, πλήθεος σ. Hdt.7.9.ά; seditious meeting, concourse, Plb. 4.34.6, Act.Ap.19.40; κατὰ συστροφάς in knots, D.H.5.31, etc.; μετὰ συστροφῆς in close array, D.S.11.8; also, swarm of bees, LXX Jd. 14.8 (v.l.); flock of birds, Artem.2.20; of other things, σ. δρυῶν D.Chr.1.52. 2 physical mass, aggregate, in pl., Epicur.Ep.1pp.25,28 U.; esp. morbid collection or deposit of tubercles, Hp.Art.41; αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους σ. chalk-stones, Dsc.1.30; σ. νεύρων a complication of nerves or sinews, Id.5.117, Eup.1.229; χάριν τοῦ . . τὰ νεῦρα καθάπερ ἐκ σ. τινος ἁπλοῦσθαι Sor.1.101; συστροφαὶ νοσημάτων Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 4; tumour, Plu.2.664f, Gal.15.773, Hp. ap. eund.19.143. 3 twisted grain in wood, Thphr.HP5.2.3, 5.5.1. 4 συστροφή, with or without ὄμβρου, a sudden storm of rain, Plb.3.74.5, 11.24.9; σ. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος, whirlwind, Phryn.374, Thphr.Vent. 34, LXX Ho.4.19; νέφη καὶ σ. Antig.Mir.40. 5 of stars, νεφελοειδὴς σ., = nebula, Heph.Astr.1.3, cf. Ptol.Tetr.149 (pl.), Alm.7.5, al.
