συμβόλ-αιον,τό,=σύμβολον,
A. mark, sign, token, Hdt. 5.92 .ή, Parth. 3.2 : pl.,symptoms, S. Ph. 884 .
II. in Law,contract, covenant, bond, in acknowledgement of a loan (v. συμβάλλω
1.6
),συμβολαίου λαχεῖν(sc.δίκην) obtain leave to bring an actionfor enforcing a contract, Lys. 17.3 ; οὐ τὸ παράπαν ς. ἐξαρνοῦνται μὴ γενέσθαι
D. 34.3
;συμβολαίου οὐκ ὄντος . . οὔτε ναυτικοῦ οὔτε ἐγγείουnobondwith security either on bottomry or on land, Id. 33.3 , cf. SIG 742.50 (Ephesus,i B.C.);ἀπώλλυτο καὶ τῷ πατρὶ τὸ ς. hisloanwould have been lost, D. 49.2 ;ποιεῖσθαι τὸ ς. Arist. Rh.Al. 1431a17 , etc.; of areceipt, BGU 1047 ii 3 : mostly in pl.,τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ς. Pl. Plt. 295a ; ς. ἃ πρὸς ἀλλήλους συμβάλλουσιν
Id. R. 425c
; ἀνδρὶ . . συμμείξαντι ς. μετρίως
Id. Lg. 958c
;τὰ Ἀθήναζε καὶ τὰ Ἀθήνηθεν ς.bonds for money lenton freights to and from Athens, D. 32.1 ; τὰ ς. διαλύειν
Arist. Pol. 127a10