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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[coming together]], [[meeting]], [[joining]], συμβολὰς τριῶν κελεύθων A.''Fr.''173,cf.X.''HG''7.1.29; [[confluence]] of two [[river]]s, ''IG''9(2).205.12 (Melitea, iii B.C.), D.S.17.97, Arr.''An.''6.4.4, ''IG''14.352 i 17, ii 49 (Halaesa), etc.; συμβολὴ τῶν ὀπτικῶν νεύρων Gal.''UP''10.13; [[putting together]], τῶν κώλων Sor.1.103 (prob.); <b class="b3">τῶν χειλῶν συμβολαί</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τῆς γλώσσης προσβολαί</b>, of the pronunciation of labial and [[lingual]] letters, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''660a6; <b class="b3">σ. φωνηέντων</b> [[meeting]] of [[vowel]]s in [[compound]] words, D.H.''Dem.''40, cf. Phld.''Po.Herc.''994.28; <b class="b3">εἰς φωνήεντα τελευτᾶν ταῖς σ.</b> Arist.''Rh.Al.''1434b35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in concrete sense, [[joint]], [[juncture]], [τοῦ ζωστῆρος] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.10; [τῶν ἀξόνων] X.''Eq.''10.10; of an alchemical [[apparatus]], Zos.Alch.p.139 B.; <b class="b3">τῶν ὀστέων</b>, of the joints, Hp.''Art.''79, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 98d, Gal.2.683, ''UP''3.16, 16.10; πρὸς τοῦ ἰσχίου Hp.''Epid.''5.7; [[suture]] of the [[skull]], Poll.2.36.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[twisting]], [[plaiting]], τοπείων ''IG''22.1672.311; νεύρων Arist. ''Aud.''802b16.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[point of contact]], Arched.Stoic.3.263; [[bond of union]], τοῦ χωρίου καὶ τῆς γνώμης Aret.''SD''1.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in hostile sense, [[encounter]], [[engagement]], συμβολῆς γενομένης [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.74, cf. 7.210; συμβολὴν ποιέεσθαι Id.6.110; <b class="b3">τῇ σ. νικῆσαι, ἑσσωθῆναι</b>, Id.4.159, 1.66; of ships, A.''Pers.''350; <b class="b3">ἀλεκτρυόνων σ.</b> Hdn.3.10.3 (pl.); τάλας ἐγὼ ξυμβολῆς βαρείας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1210.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[σύμβολον]] II.3, ''IG''5(2).419.12 (Phigaleia), etc.; <b class="b3">τῶν ἄλλοθι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' συμβολαίων) <b class="b3"> ἀπὸ ξυμβολῶν κατὰ τὰς οὔσας ξυμβολὰς πρὸς Φασηλίτας τὰς δίκας εἶναι</b> ib.12.16.13, cf. 60.9, al.; <b class="b3">δικάζεσθαι κὰ</b> (i.e. κατὰ) <b class="b3"> τᾶς συμβολᾶς</b> ib.9 (1).333.15 (Locr., v B.C.); συνθῆκαι καὶ σ. πρός τινας Arist.''Rh.'' 1360a15.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[marriage]]-[[contract]], Vett.Val.40.10 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> pl., [[contribution]]s made to provide a common [[meal]], <b class="b3">συμβολὰς πράττεσθαι</b> make [[people]] [[pay]] their [[share]] of the [[reckoning]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1211, Eub.72; <b class="b3">τὰς ξ. κατατιθέναι, καταβάλλειν</b>, [[pay]] one's [[shot]], Antiph.26.8, Diod. Com.2.13; σ. [[φέρειν]], [[εἰσφέρειν]], Alex.143, Hegesand.31 (sg.); πίνειν ἀπὸ συμβολῶν Alex.97, cf. Diph.43.28.<br><span class="bld">b</span> the [[meal]] or [[entertainment]] itself, [[picnic]], X.''Smp.''1.16.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [τὸν δακτύλιον] εἰς συμβολὰς ὑπόθημ' ἔδωκε as a [[pledge]] into the [[poll]] (in [[dicing]]), Men.''Epit.''287; συμβολὰς or <b class="b3">συμβολὴν καταθεῖναι</b>, Luc.''Herm.''81, ''DMeretr.''7.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[contribution]], [[subscription]] to the [[expense]]s of a [[festival]], etc., ''IG''12(7).22.28 (Arcesine, iii B.C.), ''PTeb.''112.26 (ii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">διὰ τὸ μὴ πεσεῖν πάσας τὰς σ.</b> because the [[subscription]]s had not all been paid, ''PCair.Zen.''341 (a).19 (iii B.C.), cf. ''PPetr.''3p.325 (iii B.C.), ''UPZ''98.139 (ii B.C.): metaph., συμβολὰς διδόναι τῇ πολιτείᾳ Plu.''Agis'' 9, cf.''Arat.''11; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον σ. παρασχέσθαι Id.''Comp.Dion.Brut.''1.<br><span class="bld">V</span> metaph., [[cooperation]], dub. in Phld.''D.''1.22.