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συμφέρω,
future συνοίσω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 510 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 συνήνεγκα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 488 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect -ήνεικα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 συνήνεγκον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect συνενήνοχα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.198. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A active
__I bring together, gather, collect, τὰ κακὰ ἐς μέσον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152; τάλαντα ἐς τὠυτό [prev. author] 3.92, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.74 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαπάνην σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of dead bodies, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.9, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 45 codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 bring together, contribute, βουλεύματα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 528; ἐκ πάντων γόους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλοὶ πολλὰ συνενηνόχασι μέρη [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 183b33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, of a river, Φάσιδι σ. ῥόον [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.134. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.3 bring into conflict, πολεμίους θεούς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 510 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; give battle, συνοίσομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα [[ 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 1.40 Diehl: see below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.2. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__I.4 bear along with or together, ὁ ἵππος ὅπλον σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγώ σοι ξυμφέρω (i.e. τὴν παμπησίαν) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 869 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bring with, λύχνον.. παῖς μοι συμφέρει [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 35.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sufferings, labours, and the like, bear jointly, help to bear, ξυνοίσω πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 946; σ. κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1366; πένθος τινί [prev. author] Alcaeus370; τὰς τούτων ἁμαρτίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 [[ 2.11: hence, ] Refs]suffer, bear with, indulge, ὀργὰς ξυνοίσω σοι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 848. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, confer a benefit, be useful or profitable, οὔ οἱ συνήνεικε τὸ ἔχθος did not do him any good, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37; τὸ καὶ συνήνεικε ποιησάσῃ [prev. author] 8.87; καλῶς ἂν ἡμῖν ξυμφέροι ταῦτα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 753, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 252; τοῦτο σ. τῷ βίῳ [prev. author] “Pl.” 38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ξ. turn out for the best, [[ [prev. author] “Ec.” 475; σῖτον.. καὶ οἶνον.. καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο βρῶμα, οἷ᾽ ἂν ἐς πολιορκίαν ξυμφέρῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26; πάντα ὅσα ἂν οἴηται συνοίσειν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸν βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.5; ὃ σ. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a30, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 impersonal, it is of use, expedient, mostly with infinitive, ξυμφέρει σωφρονεῖν ὑπὸ στένει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 520 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1440, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with Article prefixed to infinitive, τὸ περιγενέσθαι.. ἀμφοτέροις σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the infinitive is frequently to be supplied, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.11; also ὡς νομίζω συμφέρειν ἡμῖν γενομένων τούτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 230e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; followed by a clause, σ. τῷ κοινῷ, ἢν.. [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 875a, compare “PCair.Zen.” 21.41 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.4, Decrees cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.77. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 participle συμφέρων, ουσα, ον, useful, expedient, fitting, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 875 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βίος.. ἐκεῖσε συμφέρων profitable even beyond the grave, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527b; ἔστιν ἡσυχία.. συμφέρουσα τῇ πόλει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.308. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.b in neuter as substantive, συμφέρον, οντος, τό, use, profit, advantage, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 926, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.50, etc.; ἐς τὸ ξ. καθίστασθαί τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡδίω τοῦ συμφέροντος more pleasant than is good for one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περαιτέρω τοῦ ὑμετέρου σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.80; τὸ σ. τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338c, 340c, +others; τὸ σ. τινί [prev. work] 341d, 342b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.139; πρὸς τὸ σ. αὑτῷ “PCair.Zen.” 451.15 (3rd c.BC): frequently also in _plural_, τὰ σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 131, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μικρὰ σ., opposed to τὰ ὅλα, the petty interests, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.28; τὰ συμφέροντα ἀνθρώποις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875a, compare “IG” 42(1).68.84 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also τὰ τῆς πατρίδος σ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.99, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 297a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.120, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in aorist participle, τό τῳ ξυνενεγκόν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμφέρον ἐστί, = {συμφέρει}, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 49, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.26, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ μὴ ξυμφέρον (i.e. ἐστί) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III intransitive, also,
__III.1 work with, assist, σφῷν ὅπως ἄριστα συμφέροι θεός [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 627; πάντα συμφέρουσ᾽ Ἰάσονι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμφέροντι (or Συμφέροντι as proper name) Ἡρακλεῖ [[ “IG” 22.2114. ] Refs]
__III.2 agree with, τοὐμὸν ξυνοίσειν ὄνομα τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 431; εἴ τι ξυνοίσεις.. τοῖς θεσφάτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1233; ἐὰν μὴ τῇ γυναικὶ συμφέρῃ [prev. author] “Lys.” 166 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; come to terms with, give way to, τοῖς κρείσσοσι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1465 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see below [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 fit, suit, ᾗ μήτε Χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει (see. Χλαῖνα) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1459; [γυνὴ] σιμὴ ἄν σοι ἰσχυρῶς συμφέροι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 of events, happen, take place, turn out, with accusative et infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, 3.129, 6.23, 117, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with ὥστε.., [[ [prev. author] 1.74 ] Refs]; τὰ ἄλλα.. αὐτῇ συνήνεικε ἐς εὐτυχίην γενόμενα turned out for her advantage, [[ [prev. author] 8.88 ] Refs]; see below [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B passive συμφέρομαι: future συνοίσομαι: aorist passive ξυνηνέχθην [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect συνηνείχθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.19, 2.111, 3.10: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect συνενήνεγμαι [[(8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 440)] Refs 8th c.BC+], see {συνενείκομαι}:—come together, opposed to διαφέρεσθαι, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; meet, associate with, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 8.2 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of sexual intercourse, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 34, “Tox.” 15. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.2 in hostile sense, meet in battle, engage, πτόλεμόνδε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.400; μάχῃ 11.736 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινι with one, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 636: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.36; so συνοισόμεθα πτολεμίζειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 358 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. κακῷ encounter it, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.50. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II agree with, οὐδαμοῖσι ἄλλοισι σ. ἀνθρώπων, in custom, [[ [prev. author] 1.173, compare 2.80, etc.; in statement, [prev. work] 44, +others; περί τινος [prev. author] 4.13 ] Refs]; opposed to διαφέρεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; live on friendly terms with, τισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.114, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, agree together, be of one mind, εἰ δὲ μὴ συμφεροίατο if they could not agree, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196; ἐὰν δὲ ἀνὴρ καὶ γυνὴ μηδαμῇ συμφέρωνται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929e; also ξ. γνώμῃ ὥστε ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι τοῦ πολέμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.65 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς ξ. settle their affairs by themselves, [[ [prev. author] 6.13 ] Refs]; concur, τῇδε γὰρ ξυνοίσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 641; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτοις κατὰ τοῦτο εἶναι οὐ συμφέρομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 to be in harmony with, εὖ τοῖς πράγμασι σ. [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 419d ] Refs]; adapt oneself to, τοῖς παροῦσιν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 15 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; σ. τὰ πολλὰ πολλοῖς correspond with, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 919 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χαίτης πῶς συνοίσεται πλόκο; correspond, be like, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 527; συμφέρεται ὡυτὸς εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79; ἔργῳ τοὔνομα συμφέρεται 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 6.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III of events, happen, turn out, occur, come to pass, ἔμελλε τοιοῦτό σφι συνοίσεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.86; οὐδὲν γάρ σφι Χρηστὸν συνεφέρετο [prev. author] 4.157; οὐδέν οἱ μέγα ἀνάρσιον πρῆγμα συνηνείχθη [prev. author] 3.10; ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον τὸ πρᾶγμα.. συνοίσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 594; οὐδὲ πυθέσθαι ῥᾴδιον ἦν.., ὅτῳ τρόπῳ ἕκαστα ξυνηνέχθη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; ξ. θόρυβος [prev. author] 8.84; μεταβολαί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 270c, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 impersonal, συμφέρεται ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον it happens, falls out for the better, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.8. ; ἄμεινον συνοίσεσθαι [prev. author] 4.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῷ συνεφέρετο παλιγκότως it turned out ill to him,[[ [prev. work] 156; so συνηνείχθη τοιόνδε γενέσθαι πρῆγμα [prev. author] 1.19, compare 6.86.ά, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, +others; σ. οἱ τυφλὸν γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see above [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.IV literally, to be carried along with, ἀστράσι μήνη σ. [[ 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 6.319 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; κύδεα.. ψυχαῖς οὐ μάλα σ. do not follow them (beyond the grave), [[“Anthologia Graeca” 4.4.4 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__B.V Grammars, to be constructed with, αἰτιατικῇ, etc., [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 285.1, +others] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: also, agree in form with, σ. φωνῇ [τῇ] πρὸς τὰς δοτικάς [[ [prev. author] “Adv.” 209.28. ] Refs]
