συναίρεσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking]] or [[drawing together]], <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν ἄκρων εἰς ταὐτὸ σ</b>. Longin.10.3; ς. (sc. [[καρπῶν]]) <span class="bibl">Ath.11.489f</span>; [[contraction]], [[closing]], τῶν διοδευθησομένων Χωρίων <span class="bibl">Sor.2.59</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[contraction]] of front, opp. [[αὔξησις]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span> 11.7; [[shortening]], [[reduction]] of an estimated distance, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Geog.</span>1.8.3</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ μήκους</b> (of a fractured limb) <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fract.</span>19</span> (συνερεισις cod.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[aggregation]], <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>96</span>; [[synthesis]], ib.<span class="bibl">277</span>,<span class="bibl">280</span>; [[concentration]], τῆς νοερᾶς οὐσίας <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Ph.</span>635.32</span>; [[generalization]], opp. [[διαίρεσις]], <span class="bibl">Elias <span class="title">in Porph.</span>76.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in Gramm., [[synaeresis]], whereby two vowels are not changed, but coalesce into a diphthong, as [[ὀϊστός]], [[οἰστός]], opp. [[διαίρεσις]], Quint.<span class="title">Inst.</span>1.5.17, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>132.25</span>; but also [[contraction]], as of [[κύημα]] to [[κῦμα]], Gal.6.642.</span>