σύγ-κρᾱσις,εως, Ion.
σύγ-κρησις,ἡ,
A. mixing together, commixture, blending, tempering, Hp. VM 24 , E. Fr. 21.4 , Pl. Phlb. 64d , etc.; ἡ ς. τῶν χρωμάτων
Id. Plt. 277c
;τῶν στοιχείων(heat and cold) Asclep. ap. Placit. 5.21.2 ;ἥ τε ἐς τοὺς ὀλίγους καὶ τοὺς πολλοὺς ξ.blendingof oligarchy with democracy, Th. 8.97 ;ἡ . . ὑγρότης μὴ φέρουσα τὴν πρὸς τὸ φῶς ς. Plu. Arat. 10 ; of friendship, Id. Ant. 31 , BCH 49.483 (Delph.); of bodilyconstitutionortemperament, Ptol. Tetr. 8 , 10 .
b. Astrol.,combination of influenceof heavenly bodies, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.3 , Ptol. Tetr. 83 , 121 , Man. 2.400 .
c. ἡ ς. τοῦ ἔτουςthetemperatureorclimate, Dsc. 1
Praef. 7 .
II. mixture, compound,οὐ θνητὸς οὐδ' ἀθάνατος, ἀλλ' ἔχων τινὰ ς. butcompoundedso to sayof both, Alex. 240.2 ;τὸν καιρὸν . . τῆς ς., i.e. the moment when the dish is neither too hot nor too cold, Id. 173.10 ;τὴν τοῦ βίου ς. Men. 685 .