σύνεσις,
Attic dialect ξύνεσις, εως, ἡ, (συνίημι) uniting, union, πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.515 (with ξυν- for the sake of meter). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, with allusion to {συνεσθίω} signification and signification[[ 11, χωρὶς ἕκαστος εἰς τὸ φρονεῖν ἀσθενής, συμβάλλων δὲ εἰς ἓν πᾶς ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ καὶ τῇ ὡς ἀληθῶς συνέσει τὸ φρονεῖν ἐγέννησε καὶ εὗρε 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.5.10. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 77, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.62, 3.82, etc.; οἰκείᾳ ξυνέσει [prev. author] 1.138, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 412a, “Phlb.” 19d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1143a17, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.127, NT.Luke.2.47, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.457, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; hence of animals, ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει.. ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 237d:—Phrases, ὅστις γε σύνεσιν ἔχει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.5, 7.49; ἀρκεῖν ξυνέσει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 674; ξ. καὶ σοφία [prev. author] “HF” 655 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. λαβεῖν, of children, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1161b26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως (αἰσθήσεως) [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 71 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also with qualifying words added, σ. φρενῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γνώμης ξ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.75; σ. πολιτική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν σ. [[ [prev. author] “HA” 588a23 ] Refs]; ἡ ὑμετέρα σ. as form of address, [[ “Sammelb.” 7433.6 (5th c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.AD+]