σύνοδος
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English (LSJ)
(A), ὁ, ἡ,
A = συνοδοιπόρος, AP7.635 (Antiphil.), Arr.Epict. 2.14.8, 3.21.5, Certamen 245, Man.5.58.
σύνοδος (B), ἡ,
A assembly, meeting, esp. for deliberation, Orac. ap. Hdt.9.43, And.1.47, Th.1.96,119, IG42(1).68.93 (Epid., iv B.C.), etc.; ξ. Ἀχαιῶν E.Hec.107 (anap.); σ. κώμης BGU1648.6 (ii A.D.); σ. συλλεγῆναι Hdt.9.27; ποιῆσαι Ar.Th.301 (prose decree); ἀπὸ κοινῶν ξ. βουλεύειν Th.1.97; ἐκ τῶν ξ. Id.5.17; σ. πρὸς τῷ διαιτητῇ meeting of parties in court, D.54.29: pl., of political clubs or conspiracies, Sol.4.22, Ar.Eq.477, Th.3.82, Pl.Tht.173d; ἑταιρείας μὴ ποιεῖσθε μηδὲ σ. Isoc.3.54; also of private meetings or gatherings for discussion, διαλεκτικαὶ σ. Arist.Top.159a32; of synods of the church, Cod.Just.1.1.7.12. 2 national gathering, Th.3.104, Pl.Smp.197d; αἱ ἀρχαῖαι θυσίαι καὶ σ. Arist.EN1160a26: hence, society for festal purposes, τῶν ἐρανιστῶν IG22.1369.32; τῶν μυστῶν SIG851.25 (Smyrna, ii A.D.); τῶν Ἀσκλαπιαστᾶν IG42(1).679 (Epid.). 3 company, guild, τεχνιτᾶν SIG698.1 (Delph., ii B.C.); [συγγεωργῶν] Sammelb.7457.5,9 (ii B.C.); athletic club, OGI486.17 (Pergam., ii A.D.), 713.9 (Alexandria, iii A.D.); ἡ ἱερὰ ξυστικὴ περιπολιστικὴ . . σ. PLond.3.1178.38 (ii A.D.), cf. POxy.908.9 (ii A.D.), IG22.1350. 4 in hostile sense, meeting of two armies, Ar.Ra.1532, Th.3.107, 5.70, X.An.1.10.7, etc. 5 = συνουσία, sexual intercourse, Arist.HA541a31, Clearch.49, Ph.1.148, Plu.Lyc. 15, Gal.15.47. II of things, coming together, constriction, κυάνεαι σύνοδοι θαλάσσας, of the straits of the Bosporus, E.IT393 (lyr.); ἡ σ. τοῦ πλησίον ἀλλήλων τεθῆναι the coming together resulting from juxtaposition, Pl.Phd.97a; ἡ τῆς πιλήσεως σ. Id.Ti. 58b; ἡ τοῦ ὕδατος σ., viz. ice, ib.61a; ὅσον διαχυτικὸν . . τῶν περὶ τὸ στόμα σ. whatever relaxes . . constriction in the organ of taste, ib. 60b; ἀναγκαῖον τῶν τοιούτων γίνεσθαι σύνοδον, ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ ψύξιν Arist. GA764b7; ἡ εἰς αὑτὸν σ. contraction of a muscle, Gal.UP12.8, cf. Id.4.391; ἡ σ. ἡ κατὰ [τὴν οὐσίαν] λεγομένη the union of matter and form, viz. the concrete object, Arist.Metaph.1033b17; concourse, assemblage, παθῶν Longin.10.3; of the parts of the foetus, Sor.2.64; combination of numbers, Theol.Ar.8; σημείων Gal.16.505. 2 Astron., conjunction, τῶν πλανήτων καὶ πρὸς αὑτοὺς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀπλανεῖς Arist. Mete.343b30; of the sun and moon, Plu.2.269c, IG14.2126 (Rome); ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης Gal.18(2).240; σ. ἐκλειπτικὴ σελήνης πρὸς ἥλιον Plu. Rom.12; αἱ σ., of the times of new moon, Zeno Stoic.1.34; αἱ τῶν μηνῶν σ. ψυχραὶ διὰ τὴν τῆς σελήνης ἀπόλειψιν Arist.GA738a20, cf. Thphr.Sign.5, LXX De.33.14. 3 Gramm., construction, A.D.Synt. 28.11, al. III incoming of revenue, χρημάτων σύνοδοι Hdt.1.64; revenues, ἀπὸ τῶν σ. IG11(4).1217 (Delos); τῶν φερόντων τὴν σ. τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ξενίου ib.22.1012.15 (ii B.C.); οἱ τὴν σ. φέροντες τῷ θεῷ ib.22.1326.6. (Written sunhod-, i.e. συνὁδ-, in a Latin inscr., CIL12.2519.2,3,4 (i B.C.(?)); also synhod-, ib.6, IG14.2495 (Nemausus), CIL12.3183 (ibid.), 6.10117 (Rome).)
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[Seite 1028] ἡ, Zusammenkunft, Versammlung; Eur. Hec. 109; νυκτερινή, Ar. Equ. 475; zum Berathschlagen, Her. 9, 27; σύνοδοι καὶ δεῖπνα, Plat. Theaet. 173 d; καὶ κοινωνίαι, Legg. I, 640 a, u. öfter; ξυνόδους ξυνιέναι, Conv. 197 d; ξυνόδους ποιεἶσθαι, zusammenkommen, Legg. VI, 771 d; = συνουσία, Arist. H. A. 5, 5; Plut. Lyc. 15, öfter; – auch im feindlichen Sinne, Zusammentreffen, Thuc. 5, 70 u. öfter; ὀξεῖα, Plut. Cam. 17. – Auch das Zusammenkommen vor den Schiedsrichtern, Dem. 54, 29. – Von leblosen Dingen, das Zusammenkommen, χρημάτων σύνοδοι, Geldeinkünfte, Her. 1, 64; ἡ τῆς πιλήσεως ξύνοδος, Plat. Tim. 58 b; ὕδατος, 61 a. = συνοδοιπόρος, Reisegefährte; ναῦς ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου σύνοδος Antiphil. 42 (VII, 635).