συμβολ-ικός,ή,όν,
A. oforbelonging to a συμβολήora σύμβολον, esp.,
1. symbolical, figurative, riddling, ἀπόκρισις
Ph. 1.617
, cf. Plu. 2.354f ; τρόπος τῆς διδασκαλίας
Iamb. VP 5.20
: Comp. , Ph. 2.295 .Adv.,-κῶς φράζειν by signs, Plu. 2.511b , cf. Ph. 2.242 , al., Gal. 13.272 : Comp. , Luc. Salt. 59 ; also,by way of correspondence(cf. σύμβολον
111.5
), τῷ ἐρωτήματι ἕπεται -κῶς ἡ ἀπόκρισις
Stoic. 2.62
.
2. paid for by subscription, πρόποσις
AP 5.133
( Posidipp. );κώθωνAntig. Caryst. ap. Ath. 12.547d .
3. conventional, μετάθεσις