σύγ-χῠσις,εως,ἡ, (συγχέω)
A. mixture, confusion, confounding,ἡ τῶν ἄλλων( v.l. ὅλων )ς. Hp. Epid. 6.3.1 ; of Babel, LXX Ge. 11.9 ; ς. ποιήσασθαι
Plb. 30.22.7
;ς. λαβεῖν to be commingled, Plu. 2.990a ;ς. ὅρωνib. 122c ;ς.litterularum, Cic. Att. 6.9.1 ;political confusion,ς. τῆς πολιτείαςib. 7.8.4 , cf. Plb. 14.5.8 .
b. formation of a compound, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.153 , al.
2. confusion, ruin,βίου, δόμων, E. Andr. 291 (lyr.), 959 ; ς. τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἡ νόσος
Thphr. CP 5.8.1
;ς. θανάτου μεγάλη'indiscriminate mortality' LXX 1 Ki. 5.6 ; ς. λήψεται
Epicur. Fr. 300
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3. Gramm., of composition,confusion, indistinctness, A.D. Pron. 12.15 , Synt. 24.18 ; opp.εὐκρίνεια, Hermog. Id. 1.4 .
4. an injury to the eye, synchysis, Dsc. 4.12 , Eup. 1.33 , Gal. 14.776 , Aët. 7.58 .
II. of persons,confusion, Luc. Nigr. 35 ;ς. ἔχοντες confounded, E. IA 1128 ; ς. ὀμματίων