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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[twist up]], [[roll up]], of a whirlwind, μή σ' ἀναρπάσῃ.. συστρέψας ἄφνω A.''Fr.''195, cf. Ar.''Lys.''975, ''Th.''61; φρυγάνων πλῆθος ''Act.Ap.''28.3; ἔριον περὶ μηλωτρίδα ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''234 ii 12 (ii/iii A.D.); of animals, [[gather]] themselves [[together]], in preparing to spring, σ. ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ θηρίον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 336b; <b class="b3">σ. τὸν αὐχένα</b>, of one struggling to get loose, Eup.339; <b class="b3">τὰ ὄμματα διὰ κενῆς, ὡς εἴ τι βλέπων, ξυνέστρεφε</b> [[screwed up]] his eyes, Hp.''Epid.''7.83; <b class="b3">συστρέψαι ἑαυτούς</b>, of dolphins, Arist.''HA''631a27; [τὸ χόριον] σ. περὶ αὑτὸ τὴν ὑστέραν Sor.1.71:—Pass., <b class="b3">εἰ τὸ χόριον εἰς αὑτὸ συνεστραμμένον εἴη</b> ib.73; <b class="b3">συνεστραμμένη χείρ</b> [[clenched]] fist, ib.102; of a whirlwind, Men.536.4; of the moon, dub. sens. in Palchus in ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''8(1).250.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of soldiers, <b class="b3">σ. ἑωυτούς</b> [[form in a compact body]], for attack or defence, [[collect]] themselves, [[rally]], Hdt.9.18; <b class="b3">σ. εἰς ταὐτό</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὰς ἵππους</b>) Arist.''HA''572b14: freq. in Pass., [[συστραφέντες]] [[in a body]], Hdt.4.136, 6.6, cf.40; συστρεφόμενοι Id.9.62, Th.7.30; ξυνεστρέφοντο ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς Id.2.4; <b class="b3">ὅσον.. ἦν ξυνεστραμμένον</b> ibid.; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν [[they were formed in a mass]] 50 deep, X.''HG''6.4.12; so of bees, fishes, Arist. ''HA''629a19, 621a16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of soldiers, also, <b class="b3">συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ</b> [[wheel]] them to the right, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in X.''Lac.''13.6; so prob. <b class="b3">σ. τὸν ἵππον</b> [[turn]] him [[sharply]], Plu.''Pyrrh.''16; σ. τὴν ὄψιν Satyr.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[form into an organized whole]], [[unite]], τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔθνος Hdt.1.101; τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας Arist.''Pol.''1304b23:—Pass., [[club together]], [[conspire]], Th.4.68, 8.54; ἐπ' ἐμὲ συστραφέντες ἥκουσι Aeschin.2.178, cf. [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''10.9:—in Act., ib.''3 Ki.''16.9.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Pass., [[collect]], [[gather]], σ. αἷμα ἐς.. Hp.''Aph.''5.40; νιφετοῦ συστραφέντος Arist.''Mu.''394b2; of humours, [[gather]], [[come to a head]], φύματος συστραφέντος Hp.''Prog.''23; of gravel [[collecting]] in the bladder, Id.Aër.9.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[make]] the hair [[curl]], Theodect.17.3:—Pass., <b class="b3">συνεστραμμένα ξύλα</b> [[knotted]], [[gnarled]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.11.2; σ. ῥίζα Id.''CP''1.3.3; κιττὸς συνεστραμμένος ταῖς ῥίζαις Id.''HP''3.18.9.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[condense]], [[congeal]], [[harden]], τὸ ψυχρὸν συστρέφον καὶ συσφίγγον Ath.2.41b; of condensing fluids by heat, ἐν ἡλίῳ Dsc.3.7 (Act. and Pass.), cf. Gal.12.834, Aët.7.91; <b class="b3">τὰ γυμνάσια τὰς σάρκας σ.</b> Antyll. ap. Orib.6.10.15:—Pass., to [[be condensed]], [[acquire substance]] or [[consistency]], <b class="b3">ἀφρὸς σ.</b> Arist.''HA''569b18; especially in pf. part. Pass., <b class="b3">σπέρμα ξηρὸν καὶ συνεστραμμένον</b> ib.523a24; <b class="b3">νέφος ἐστὶ πάχος ἀτμῶδες σ.</b> Id.''Mu.''394a27; <b class="b3">πῦρ σ.</b> [[concentrated]], Epicur.''Ep.''1p.28U.; [[compact]], σ. τὸ εὐπαγές Phld.''Po.Herc.''994.34; <b class="b3">σωμάτιον σ.</b> Arr.''Epict.'' 1.24.8; <b class="b3">συστρέφεσθαι καὶ ἀπεψῦχθαι</b>, of an infant, Sor.1.108; <b class="b3">γάλα μελιτοειδῶς συστραφέν</b> ib.91.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> of sentences, narratives, and the like, [[bring into a close form]], [[compress]], ἐὰν μὴ συστρέφῃ τὰ πράγματα Cratin.85; <b class="b3">ἐνθυμήματα σ.</b> Arist.''Rh.''1419a19; <b class="b3">σ. τὰ νοήματα, τὸν νοῦν ἐν ὀλίγοις ὀνόμασι</b>, D.H.''Isoc.''11, ''Pomp.''2.5: abs., <b class="b3">συστρέψας γράφει</b> writes [[briefly]], [[curtly]], Aeschin.3.100; σ. εἰπεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα D.H. ''Lys.''24:—freq. in Pass., <b class="b3">ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον</b> a short and [[pithy]] saying, of the Spartans, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 342e; <b class="b3">λέξις συνεστραμμένη</b>, opp. [[διῃρημένη]], D.H.''Rh.''5.7; ἡ Ἀττικὴ γλῶσσα σ. τι ἔχει Demetr. ''Eloc.''177; συνέστραπται τοῖς νοήμασι D.H.''Lys.''5. cf. ''Dem.''19.<br><span class="bld">b</span> also, [[speak]] or [[write in an involved style]], [[twist]] one's words, Antiph.52.17, 217.17.