| |Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[συμφύω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[grow]]ing [[together]], [[natural]] [[junction]], especially of the bones, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>34</span>; opp. [[ἁφή]], as being not [[mere]] [[contact]], but [[continuity]] of [[substance]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1014b22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1069a12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>227a23</span>; σ. ὀστῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>518b8</span>; so of bones united, <b class="b3">κατὰ σύμφυσιν</b>, opp. articulation (κατ' ἄρθρον), Gal.2.734, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>167.19</span> (ii/iii A.D.); of [[attachment]] of [[muscle]]s to [[bone]]s, Gal.2.445,484; ἡ σ. τοῦ [[δέρμα]]τος καὶ τῆς σαρκός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>77d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>547a16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span> 693b25</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ πρὸς τὴν μήτραν σ. [τοῦ Χορίου</b>] <span class="bibl">Sor.1.73</span>; [[closing]] or [[healing up]] of an [[injured]] [[tree]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ σ. καὶ ἡ τάξις</b> [[structure]] and [[arrangement]] of a physical body, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sens.</span>79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lap.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">ἔντερον συμφύσεις ἔχον</b>, of intestines divided into chambers by constriction, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>507b35</span>; ἡ σ. τοῦ πνεύμονος κατὰ ῥάχιν <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.9</span>; of the [[tongue]], ib.<span class="bibl">7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of the [[mystic]]'s union with the Supreme Being, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.29</span>.</span> | | |Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[συμφύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[grow]]ing [[together]], [[natural]] [[junction]], especially of the bones, Hp.''Fract.''37, cf. ''Art.''34; opp. [[ἁφή]], as being not [[mere]] [[contact]], but [[continuity]] of [[substance]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1014b22, cf. 1069a12, ''Ph.''227a23; σ. ὀστῶν Id.''HA''518b8; so of bones united, <b class="b3">κατὰ σύμφυσιν</b>, opp. articulation (κατ' ἄρθρον), Gal.2.734, ''PLit.Lond.''167.19 (ii/iii A.D.); of [[attachment]] of [[muscle]]s to [[bone]]s, Gal.2.445,484; ἡ σ. τοῦ [[δέρμα]]τος καὶ τῆς σαρκός Pl.''Ti.''77d, cf. Arist.''HA''547a16, ''PA'' 693b25; <b class="b3">ἡ πρὸς τὴν μήτραν σ. [τοῦ Χορίου]</b> Sor.1.73; [[closing]] or [[healing up]] of an [[injured]] [[tree]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.2.6; <b class="b3">ἡ σ. καὶ ἡ τάξις</b> [[structure]] and [[arrangement]] of a physical body, Id.''Sens.''79, cf. ''Lap.''11; <b class="b3">ἔντερον συμφύσεις ἔχον</b>, of intestines divided into chambers by constriction, Arist.''HA''507b35; ἡ σ. τοῦ πνεύμονος κατὰ ῥάχιν Aret.''SD''1.9; of the [[tongue]], ib.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of the [[mystic]]'s union with the Supreme Being, Porph.''Abst.''1.29. |
