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|Definition=Att. ξύνεσις, εως, ἡ, (συνίημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[uniting]], [[union]], πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν <span class="bibl">Od.10.515</span> (with <b class="b3">ξυν-</b> metri gr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., with allusion to foreg. signf. and signf. <span class="bibl">11</span>, χωρὶς ἕκαστος εἰς τὸ φρονεῖν ἀσθενής, συμβάλλων δὲ εἰς ἓν πᾶς ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ καὶ τῇ ὡς ἀληθῶς συνέσει τὸ φρονεῖν ἐγέννησε καὶ εὗρε <span class="bibl">Plot.6.5.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity</b>, <span class="bibl">Democr.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.62</span>, <span class="bibl">3.82</span>, etc.; οἰκείᾳ ξυνέσει <span class="bibl">Id.1.138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>412a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span> 19d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1143a17</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.127</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>2.47</span>, Gal.6.457, etc.; hence of animals, ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει . . ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span> 237d</span>:—Phrases, ὅστις γε σύνεσιν ἔχει <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">7.49</span>; ἀρκεῖν ξυνέσει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>674</span>; ξ. καὶ σοφία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>655</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>411a</span>; <b class="b3">σ. λαβεῖν</b>, of children, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1161b26</span>; <b class="b3">μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως</b> ( αἰσθήσεως) Democr. ap. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sens.</span>71</span>; also with qualifying words added, σ. φρενῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.60</span>; <b class="b3">γνώμης ξ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.1.75</span>; σ. πολιτική <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1291a28</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>588a23</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ὑμετέρα σ</b>. as form of address, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7433.6</span> (v A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. objecti, [[intelligence in]] a thing, [[sagacity in respect to]] it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span> 412c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.1</span>; περὶ τῶν παρόντων <span class="bibl">Th.2.97</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[conscience]] = [[συνείδησις]], ἡ σ. (sc. <b class="b3">μ' ἀπόλλυσι</b>) · ὅτι σύνοιδα δείν' εἰργασμένος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 396</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.632</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.43.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[a branch of art]] or [[science]], <b class="b3">οἱ περὶ τὴν σ. ταύτην</b>, i.e. music, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1342b8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[knowledge]], opp. [[ἄγνοια]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>410b3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[decision]], [[decree]], IG5(1).1390.112 (Andania, i B.C.). (Plato (<span class="title">Cra.</span>412a) derives σύνεσις 11 from [[συνιέναι]] (σύνειμι) [[come together]], neglecting the unwritten aspiration (συνἱέναι); but the form and signfs. point to συνίημι 11, [[perceive]], [[apprehend]], cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1143a17</span>.)</span>