σύνδεσμ-ος, ὁ,
irregular plural σύνδεσμα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—that which binds together, bond of union, fastening, ξ. ἦν.. τὰ ξύλα, τοῦ μὴ ἀσθενὲς εἶναι τὸ οἰκοδόμημα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς εἶχε the golden headband kept its bonds firmly fixed, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1193 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁμμάτων σύνδεσμα fastenings of garments, [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 697; οἱ περὶ [τὸ θύρωμα] σ. Aristeas 85 ] Refs]; μελέων σύνδεσμα, of sinews or ligaments, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 199 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 652a16, “IA” 712a2, NT.Col.2.19, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.57, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).734. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, bond of union; ὁ σ. τῆς πόλεως the bond that keeps the state together, of good citizens, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520a, compare “Plt.” 310a; νόμος ὁ βοηθῶν.. τῷ τῆς πόλεως συνδέσμῳ [prev. author] “Lg.” 921c; σ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [prev. author] “R.” 616c; σ. τὰ τέκνα δοκεῖ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162a27; τὴν ἀγάπην, ὅ ἐστι σ. τῆς τελειότητος NT.Col.3.14. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__3 Grammars, conjunction, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1407a20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἓν ποιεῖ τὰ πολλά[[ [prev. work] 1413b32, compare “Rh.Al.” 1434b13, “Po.” 1456b38, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.45, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 634.6, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Conj.” passim, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.7. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]