συστροφή

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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1045] ἡ, das Zusammendrehen, -drängen, -ziehen, Plat. Polit. 282 e, das Sammeln, Vereinigen. Bes. das Zusammengedrängte, Versammelte, dichte Masse, Volkshaufe, Kriegsschaar, Her. 7, 9, 1; νεῶν, Pol. 4, 34, 6; – ἀνέμου, Wirbelwind, ὄμβρου, Platzregen, ib. 3, 74, 5; ἐξαίσιος συστροφὴ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα, 11, 24, 9; ὑδάτων, Strudel. – Bei den Medic., wie Hippocr., Anhäufung ausgetretener Säfte, Geschwulst. – Uebertr., τῆς λέξεως, die abgerundete, bündige Kürze des Ausdrucks, D. Hal.