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|Definition=in Hom. only 3sg. aor. <b class="b3">σύνελεν</b>, and part. <b class="b3">συνελών</b>:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[grasp]] or <b class="b2">seize together</b>, Χλαῖναν μὲν συνελὼν καὶ κώεα <span class="bibl">Od.20.95</span>; <b class="b2">seize at once</b>, πάντα ξυνῄρει ἡ νόσος <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>; of the mind, <b class="b3">λογισμῷ τὸ πρᾶγμα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>22</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">συνελόμενος σκαφεῖον</b> [[seizing]] a mattock, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.59</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">3</span> p.xiii, iii B.C.):—Pass., <b class="b2">to be brought together</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">SE</span>181b33</span>; so <b class="b3">εἰς ἓν λογισμῷ συναιρούμενον</b> to a unity <b class="b2">brought together</b> by reasoning, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>249c</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ φιλεῖν καὶ τὸ μισεῖν . . συνῄρηται</b> <b class="b2">are taken into account</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1354b9</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">συνήρτηται</b>): hence <b class="b3">δεῖ συναιρεῖν ἐκ πάντων τούτων ὅτι . .</b>from all this we should [[collect]], [[infer]] that... <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.492</span> S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">bring into small compass, shorten</b>, τὸν Χρόνον <span class="bibl">D.S.17.116</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">συναιρεῖσθαι εἰς ἥμισυ</b> <b class="b2">to be halved</b>, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>2.1; <b class="b2">to be contracted</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ταχὺ ξυναιρεθήσεσθαι</b> (v.l. [[ξυναναιρ-]]) <span class="bibl">Th.8.24</span>; ὁ περίβολος τῆς πόλεως . . νῦν . . καὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι συνῄρηται <span class="bibl">Plb.10.11.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> esp. of speaking, <b class="b3">ξυνελὼν λέγω</b> <b class="b2">concisely, briefly, in a word</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.70</span>; ὡς συνελόντι εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>3.8.10</span>, etc.; συνελόντι φάναι Gal.16.502; so <b class="b3">συνελόντι</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Is.4.22</span>; συνελόντι ἁπλῶς <span class="bibl">D.4.7</span>; συνελόντες τὰ ἐν μέσῳ Luc.<span class="title">Phal.</span>1.6; συνελεῖν [λόγον] εἰς βραχὺ κεφάλαιον Gal.15.754. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> Gramm., [[contract]], τὸ ε καὶ τὸ ᾱ <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Pron.</span>99.24</span>; of the accent of compounds, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Synt.</span>304.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">make away with, destroy all trace of, annihilate</b>, ἀμφοτέρας δ' ὀφρῦς σύνελεν λίθος <span class="bibl">Il.16.740</span> (but perh. = [[συνέχεε καὶ εἰς ἓν συνήγαγεν]], as Sch. ad. loc.): metaph., <b class="b2">make an end of</b>, <b class="b3">σ. τὰς ἀσπίδας</b> [[abolished]] them, <span class="bibl">D.S.15.44</span>; τὸ καῦμα καὶ τὸ δίψος δεινῶς τοὺς λοιποὺς συνῄρει <span class="bibl">D.C.40.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">37.13</span>, <span class="bibl">50.35</span>; συνῃρηκὼς ὥρᾳ μιᾷ Χρόνου μήκιστον . . πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>11</span>; ὡς ἡμέραις δυσὶ συναιρήσων τὴν πολιορκίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sert.</span>13</span>; [[diminish]] a measurement, τινὶ μέτρῳ προσλιπεῖν ἢ συνελεῖν <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.24 (Lebad., ii B.C.):—Pass., τοῦ πρώτου τῶν Καρχηδονίων πολέμων ἔτει δευτέρῳ καὶ εἰκοστῷ συναιρεθέντος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πλήθους ἤδη συνῃρημένου</b> the congestion having been [[reduced]] or [[ended]], Gal.16.499. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">annihilate, make short work of</b> a distance, ταχὺ σ. πολλὴν ὁδόν Plu. 2.759d:—Pass., τὸ διάστημα ταχέως ὑπὸ προθυμίας τῶν ἐλαυνόντων συνῄρητο <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">help to take</b> or [[conquer]], τὴν Σύβαριν <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.44</span>; <b class="b3">βουλόμενοι σφίσι . . ξυνελεῖν</b> (v.l. for [[ξυνεξ-]]) <b class="b3"> αὐτόν</b> wishing that he <b class="b2">should help</b> them <b class="b2">to conquer</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.29</span>.</span>