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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[twisting together]], <b class="b3">σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν</b> to [[be]] loosely [[twisted]], of yarn, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 282e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[turning round]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] (ap.Plu.2.891e) in ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''2.29.3, for [[συντροφή]].<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[condensation]], [[density]], Arist.''Pr.''964a18.<br><span class="bld">4</span> pl., [[dealings]], [[converse]] between men, Epicur. ''Sent.''33.<br><span class="bld">5</span> metaph. of style, [[terseness]], [[concentration]], D.H.''Dem.'' 18, ''Th.''53, Demetr.''Eloc.''8; ἐν συστροφῇ [[concisely]], PMag.Lond.46.25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which is rolled into one mass]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[collection]], [[gathering]], <b class="b3">πλήθεος σ.</b> Hdt.7.9.ά; [[seditious meeting]], [[concourse]], Plb. 4.34.6, ''Act.Ap.''19.40; <b class="b3">κατὰ συστροφάς</b> in [[knots]], D.H.5.31, etc.; <b class="b3">μετὰ συστροφῆς</b> in [[close array]], D.S.11.8; also, [[swarm]] of bees, [[LXX]] ''Jd.'' 14.8 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); [[flock]] of birds, Artem.2.20; of other things, σ. δρυῶν D.Chr.1.52.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[physical mass]], [[aggregate]], in plural, Epicur.''Ep.''1pp.25,28 U.; esp. [[morbid collection]] or [[deposit]] of tubercles, Hp.''Art.''41; <b class="b3">αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους σ.</b> chalk-stones, Dsc.1.30; <b class="b3">σ. νεύρων</b> a [[complication]] of nerves or sinews, Id.5.117, ''Eup.''1.229; χάριν τοῦ.. τὰ νεῦρα καθάπερ ἐκ σ. τινος ἁπλοῦσθαι Sor.1.101; συστροφαὶ νοσημάτων Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 4; [[tumour]], Plu.2.664f, Gal.15.773, Hp. ap. eund.19.143.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[twisted grain]] in wood, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 5.2.3, 5.5.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[συστροφή]], with or without ὄμβρου, a [[sudden]] [[storm]] of [[rain]], Plb.3.74.5, 11.24.9; <b class="b3">σ. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος</b>, [[whirlwind]], Phryn.374, [[Theophrastus]] ''Vent.'' 34, [[LXX]] ''Ho.''4.19; <b class="b3">νέφη καὶ σ.</b> Antig.''Mir.''40.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of stars, <b class="b3">νεφελοειδὴς σ.</b>, = [[nebula]], Heph.Astr.1.3, cf. Ptol.''Tetr.''149 (pl.), ''Alm.''7.5, al.