συναίρ-εσις,εως,ἡ,
A. takingordrawing together,ἡ τῶν ἄκρων εἰς ταὐτὸ ς. Longin. 10.3 ;ς. (sc.καρπῶν) Ath. 11.489f ;contraction, closing, τῶν διοδευθησομένων Χωρίων
Sor. 2.59
.
2. contractionof front, opp.αὔξησις, Ascl. Tact. 11.7 ;shortening, reductionof an estimated distance, Ptol. Geog. 1.8.3 ;τοῦ μήκους(of a fractured limb) Sor. Fract. 19 (συνερεισιςcod.).
3. aggregation, Dam. Pr. 96 ;synthesis, ib. 277 , 280 ;concentration, τῆς νοερᾶς οὐσίας
Simp. in Ph. 635.32
;generalization, opp.διαίρεσις, Elias in Porph. 76.19 .
4. in Gramm.,synaeresis, whereby two vowels are not changed, but coalesce into a diphthong, asὀϊστός, οἰστός, opp.διαίρεσις, Quint. Inst. 1.5.17 , A.D. Adv. 132.25 ; but alsocontraction, as ofκύημαtoκῦμα, Gal. 6.642 .