συμβολ-ή,ἡ,
A. coming together, meeting, joining, συμβολὰς τριῶν κελεύθων
A. Fr. 173
,cf. X. HG 7.1.29 ;confluenceof two rivers, 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.);τῶν χειλῶν συμβολαί, opp.τῆς γλώσσης προσβολαί, of the pronunciation of labial and lingual letters, Arist. PA 660a6 ;ς. φωνηέντων meetingof vowels in compound words, D.H. Dem. 40 , cf. Phld. Po.Herc. 994.28 ;εἰς φωνήεντα τελευτᾶν ταῖς ς. Arist. Rh.Al. 1434b35 .
2. in concrete sense,joint, juncture, [τοῦ ζωστῆρος] Hdt. 4.10 ; [τῶν ἀξόνων] X. Eq. 10.10 ; of an alchemical apparatus, Zos.Alch. p.139
B. ;τῶν ὀστέων, of the joints, Hp. Art. 79 , cf. Pl. Phd. 98d , Gal. 2.683 , UP 3.16 , 16.10 ; πρὸς τοῦ ἰσχίου
Hp. Epid. 5.7