σύμφυσις
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (συμφύω)
A growing together, natural junction, esp. of the bones, Hp.Fract.37, cf. Art.34; opp. ἁφή, as being not mere contact, but continuity of substance, Arist.Metaph.1014b22, cf. 1069a12, Ph.227a23; σ. ὀστῶν Id.HA518b8; so of bones united, κατὰ σύμφυσιν, opp. articulation (κατ' ἄρθρον), Gal.2.734, PLit.Lond.167.19 (ii/iii A.D.); of attachment of muscles to bones, Gal.2.445,484; ἡ σ. τοῦ δέρματος καὶ τῆς σαρκός Pl.Ti.77d, cf. Arist.HA547a16, PA 693b25; ἡ πρὸς τὴν μήτραν σ. [τοῦ Χορίου] Sor.1.73; closing or healing up of an injured tree, Thphr.HP9.2.6; ἡ σ. καὶ ἡ τάξις structure and arrangement of a physical body, Id.Sens.79, cf. Lap.11; ἔντερον συμφύσεις ἔχον, of intestines divided into chambers by constriction, Arist.HA507b35; ἡ σ. τοῦ πνεύμονος κατὰ ῥάχιν Aret.SD1.9; of the tongue, ib.7. 2 metaph. of the mystic's union with the Supreme Being, Porph.Abst.1.29.
German (Pape)
[Seite 993] ἡ, das Zusammenwachsen, Verwachsen, Plat. Tim. 77 d; übh. Zusammenhang, Verbindung, Arist. u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σύμφῠσις: ἡ, (συμφύω) τὸ συμφύεσθαι τὸ συναυξάνεσθαι, φυσικὴ συνένωσις, μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν ὀστῶν, Ἱππ. π. Ἀγμ. 776, περὶ Ἄρθρ. 800· ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ ἀφή, ἐπειδὴ σημαίνει οὐχὶ τὴν ἁπλῆν αὐτῶν πρὸς ἄλληλα ἐπαφὴν ἀλλὰ συνέχειαν οὐσίας, Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 4. 4, 2, πρβλ. 10. 12., 15, Φυσ. 5. 3, 9· σ. ὀστῶν ὁ αὐτ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 11, 11· οὕτως ἐπὶ ἑνώσεως ὀστῶν, κατὰ σύμφυσιν, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὴν ἄρθρωσιν (κατ’ ἄρθρον), Γαλην. 2. 734· ἡ σ. τοῦ δέρματος καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς Πλάτ. Τίμ. 77D, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 15, 4· ἔντερον συμφύσεις ἔχον, διῃρημένον εἰς μέρη διὰ συσφίγξεως, αὐτόθι 2. 17, 16, πρβλ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 4. 12, 17· ἡ σ. τοῦ πνεύματος κατὰ ῥάχιν Ἀρετ. περὶ Αἰτ. Χρον. Παθ. 1. 9· ἐπὶ τῆς γλώσσης, αὐτόθι 1. 7.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σύμφῠσις: εως ἡ
1) сращенность (τοῦ δέρματος καὶ τοῦ σαρκός Plat.);
2) непрерывность: διαφέρει σ. ἁφῆς Arst. непрерывность отличается от (простого) соприкосновения.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
σύμφυσις -εως, ἡ [συμφύω] samengroeiing, vergroeiing. geneesk., de vaste verbinding van twee beenderen door kraakbeen, m. n. gebruikt van de schaambeenvoeg: natuurlijke verbinding, symfyse. Hp.