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|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> σύνδεσμα E. (v. infr.):—[[that which binds together]], [[bond of union]], [[fastening]], ξ. ἦν.. τὰ ξύλα, τοῦ μὴ ἀσθενὲς εἶναι τὸ [[οἰκοδόμημα]] Th.2.75; <b class="b3">ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς εἶχε</b> the [[golden]] [[headband]] kept its [[bond]]s [[firmly]] [[fixed]], E.''Med.''1193; <b class="b3">ἁμμάτων σύνδεσμα</b> [[fastening]]s of [[garment]]s, Id.''Ba.''697; <b class="b3">οἱ περὶ [τὸ θύρωμα] σύνδεσμοι</b> Aristeas 85; <b class="b3">μελέων σύνδεσμα</b>, of [[sinew]]s or [[ligament]]s, E.''Hipp.''199 (anap.), cf. Ti.Locr.100b, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''652a16, ''IA''712a2, ''Ep.Col.''2.19, Sor.2.57, Gal.18(1).734.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[bond of union]]; <b class="b3">ὁ σύνδεσμος τῆς πόλεως</b> the [[bond]] that [[keep]]s the [[state]] [[together]], of good citizens, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 520a, cf.''Plt.''310a; νόμος ὁ βοηθῶν.. τῷ τῆς πόλεως συνδέσμῳ Id.''Lg.'' 921c; σύνδεσμος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Id.''R.''616c; σ. τὰ τέκνα δοκεῖ εἶναι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]'' 1162a27; τὴν ἀγάπην, ὅ ἐστι σύνδεσμος τῆς τελειότητος ''Ep.Col.''3.14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Gramm., [[conjunction]], Arist.''Rh.''1407a20; <b class="b3">σύνδεσμος ἓν ποιεῖ τὰ πολλά</b> ib. 1413b32, cf. ''Rh.Al.''1434b13, ''Po.''1456b38, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.45, D.T. 634.6, A.D.''Conj.'' passim, Hermog.''Id.''2.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[σύνδεσις]] ''1'', Pl. ''Epin.''984c; συνδέσμῳ ἕν Arist.''APo.''93b36, ''Metaph.''1045a13, cf. ''Int.'' 17a9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[that which is bound together]], [[bundle]], [[ἐπιστολή|ἐπιστολῶν]] Hdn. 4.12.6.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[conspiracy]], [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''11.14, al.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[sodomy]], ib. ''3 Ki.''14.24.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> Astron., [[node]], Eudox.''Ars'' 18.13, Theo Sm. p.194 H., Cleom.2.5, Ptol.''Alm.''6.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[Σύνδεσμος]] = the [[Knot]], i.e. the [[star]] [[α Piscium]], Hipparch.1.11.20, Gem.3.7, Id.''Calend.''10, Ptol.''Alm.''8.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Astrol., [[connection]] of [[heavenly]] bodies, Vett.Val.163.13, al.; of the [[moon]], Paul.Al.''S.''3.