συνεχής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=συνεχές,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[holding together]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of Space, [[continuous]], Parm. 8.6,25, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1069a5, ''Ph.''200b18, al.; of quantity, opp. [[διωρισμένος]], Id.''Cat.''4b20; σ. νῶτον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 616e; <b class="b3">συνεχὲς ποικίλον</b> a [[continuity]] of [[variety]], Id.''Phd.''110d; σ. οἰκήματα Th.3.21.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. dat., [[continuous with]] or [[contiguous to]], [[in a line with]], Hdt.4.22, E.''Hipp.'' 226 (anap.), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''339a22, ''Mu.''392a23, etc.: less freq. c. gen., ib.393a29 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); τομαὶ σ. ἀπὸ μιᾶς μέχρι τῶν δέκα Pl.''Lg.''738a: abs., σ. ἦσαν Κίλικες Plb.30.25.4, cf. Str.11.6.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of words, etc., ξ. [[ῥῆσις]] Th.5.85; πᾶς ὁ σ. λόγος Plb.1.5.5; <b class="b3">τούτῳ συνάπτοντες τὸ συνεχές</b> Id.3.3.2; [[τὸ συνεχές]] = [[connection]] of [[letter]]s, Plu.''Lys.''19: c. dat., λόγος σ. τῷ νυνδὴ γενόμενος Pl.''Ep.''318e; σκέψις σ. τοῖς πρότερον [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.3.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Math., of [[proportions]], συνεχὴς [[ἀναλογία]] [[continued]] [[proportion]] (opp. [[διῃρημένη]]), i.e. three terms in [[geometrical]] [[progression]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1131a33, Archim.''Aequil.''2.9; κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς ἀνάλογον Id.''Sph. Cyl.''2.5, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[successive]], of integers as terms in a series, ''Theol.Ar.''54; of middle terms in argument, Arist.''APo.''87b6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of things, [[continuous]], [[conjoined]], Id.''HA''509b13, etc.; followed by a Prep., <b class="b3">σ. πρός τι</b> ib.495b20; of substance, [[clinging]], [[dense]], τὸ [[γλίσχρασμα]] [τῆς πτισάνης] λεῖον καὶ σ… ἐστι Hp.''Acut.''10, cf. Gal. 6.822; [[ἀήρ]], [[ἔλαιον]], Plu.2.396a,696b; <b class="b3">τὸ πυκνὸν καὶ συνεχές</b> ib.701f; [γάλα] λεῖον καὶ ὁμαλὸν καὶ σ. ἑαυτῷ Sor.1.91.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[continuous]], [[unintermitting]], συνεχὴς [[πυρετός]], opp. [[διαλείπων]], Hp.''Aph.''3.21; sometimes distinguished from συνεχὴς [[πυρετός]], Anon. ap. Gal.17(1).220; σ. καύματα καὶ πυρετούς Pl. ''Ti.''86a; ([[θερμότης]]) [[Theophrastus]] ''Ign.''33; κίνησις Id.''Lass.''15; πόνος συνεχέστερος Th.7.81; <b class="b3">πόλεμος διὰ βίου συνεχής</b> Pl.''Lg.''625e; [[συνουσία]], [[βασιλεία]], X.''Smp.''8.18 (Comp.), ''Ages.''1.4; πότοι Men.914, cf. Sophil. 3; σ. κακοπαθίαι ''OGI''244.12 (Daphne, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">σ. γίνεσθαι, πνεῖν</b>, of winds, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''362a11,26, [[Theophrastus]] ''Vent.''1; τὸ ἀκρίτως ξ. τῆς ἁμίλλης Th.7.71; <b class="b3">τὸ σ. ἔργου</b> (prob. for [[ἔργον]]) Anaxandr.63; <b class="b3">τοῦ δήμου τὸ συνεχές</b> [[continuous]] [[intercourse]] with.., Plu.''Per.''7; [[κατὰ τὸ συνεχές]] = [[continuously]], Plb. 2.2.7; [[consecutively]], [[in what follows]], Gal.15.116; <b class="b3">ἐκ τούτου κατὰ τὸ συνεχές</b> [[immediately]] [[after]] [[that]], ib.902.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[frequent]], <b class="b3">τῶν ὀρνίθων ἥκιστα συνεχὴς καὶ συνήθης [ὁ γύψ]</b> Plu.2.286a; λουτροῖς συνεχέσι χρῆσθαι Sor.1.65; <b class="b3">χάσμη σ.</b> ib.24; <b class="b3">συνεχεστέρα ἔστω ἡ ἐκμύζησις</b> ib.97.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[constant]], [[persevering]], X.''Oec.''21.9; ἐν ταῖς.. πρὸς τὰ πάθη διαμάχαις Plu.2.74c; cf. Poll.4.20, 6.147.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Adv. [[συνεχῶς]], Ep. and Ion. [[συνεχέως]] (v. sub fin.):<br><span class="bld">I</span> mostly of [[time]], [[continually]], [[continuously]], [[unremittingly]], Hes.''Th.''636, Hdt. 7.16.γ, E.''IA''1008, ''IG''12.57.54, etc.; ξυνεχῶς πολεμεῖν Th.2.1, cf. 1.11, 5.24, Antipho 6.44; συνεχέως [[αἰεί]] Hdt.1.67, cf. Pl.''Lg.''706a; <b class="b3">ἀεὶ συνεχῶς</b> ib.807e; <b class="b3">οἱ συνεχῶς ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐφεξῆς γενόμενοι</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] γινόμενοι) λιμοί Gal.6.749: Comp. [[συνεχέστερον]] A.D.''Pron.''65.17: Sup. [[συνεχέστατα]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[without leaving an interval]], [[immediately]], ἐπίθυε... καὶ λέγε τὸν λόγον συνεχῶς τὸν τῆς ἐπικλήσεως ''PMag.Par.''1.1865, cf. ''BGU''451.15 (i/ii A.D.), ''PFlor.''332.18 (ii A.D.); δίδοται πρὸς τὰ θανάσιμα σ. πινόμενον καὶ ἐξεμούμενον Dsc.1.30; <b class="b3">βδέλλας καύσας καὶ λεάνας χρῶ σ. προεκτίλας</b> (''[[sc.]]'' superfluous eyelashes) Aët.7.69.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[at frequent intervals]], ἵνα μὴ σ. λούηται τὸ βρέφος Sor.1.99; <b class="b3">μελίκρατον σ. ἐνστάζομεν</b> ib.123; <b class="b3">τὰ βρέφη συνεχέστερον ἐξερᾷ [τὸ γάλα].. ναυτιῶντα</b> ib.109; ποτίζων συνεχέστερον ἐκ διαστημάτων ''Gp.''10.18.5; [[συνεχέστερον]] = [[saepius]], ''Glossaria''; [[συνεχέστατα]] = [[saepissime]], ib.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with Numbers, [[in succession]], [[consecutively]], <b class="b3">ὁρμαθοὺς μελῶν ἐφεξῆς τέτταρας ξ.</b> Ar.''Ra.''915; <b class="b3">ἡμέρας ἑβδομήκοντα ξ.</b> Th.2.75; <b class="b3">μῆνας ὀκτὼ σ.</b> Ephipp.5.15 (anap.); similarly, <b class="b3">οὐ σ. ἐφεξῆς ἐν τάξει πεποιημένος [τὸν λόγον]</b> Gal.15.496.<br><span class="bld">3</span> rarely of Space, σ. εἶναι πᾶσαν οἰκουμένην [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]'' 362b29; σ. μέχρι.. Plb.2.14.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[συνεχές]] as adverb freq. in Ep., as Il.12.26; strengthened, [[συνεχὲς αἰεί]] = [[unceasing]] [[ever]], Od.9.74; also in Pi. ''I.''4(3).65(83), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''21, and freq. in later Ep., Arat.20, Call.''Ap.''60, etc.; also in later Prose, Luc.''Somn.''4, D.L.2.32, al. [[συνεχές]] Hom. ll. cc. and [[συνεχέως]] Hes. l. c., B.5.113, metri gr.; also Theoc.20.12, A.R.1.1271.]