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συνέχω,
aorist συνέσχον:—middle, future συνέξομαι in passive sense, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.40: so συσχόμενος (see. below), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 250d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist συνεσχέθην [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.35U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: future infinitive συσχεθήσεσθαι [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.97 ] Refs 1st c.BC+] W.:—hold or keep together, confine, secure, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον [θώρηκα] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.133, 20.415 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵνα τε ξυνέχουσι τένοντες ἀγκῶνος where the sinews of the elbow hold [it] together, [[[prev. work] 478 (but perhaps ] Refs]meet, see below [[ 11)] Refs]; Ὠκεανός.. συνεῖχε σάκος enclosed, compassed it, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 315 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Αἴτνα σ. [Τυφῶνα] [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὼ μηρὼ σ. hold them together, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 966; τὰ σκέλη [τοῦ βρέφους] συνεχέτω 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.101; τοὺς τρεῖς ξυνέχων τῶν δακτύλων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν closed or stopped their ears, [[ NT.Act.7.57 ] NT]; μηδὲ συσχέτω ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ let not the pit close its mouth upon me, [[ LXX.Psa.68(69).15, cf. LXX.Isa.52.16 ] LXX]; τὸ δέρμα σ. [τὰ ὀστᾶ] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἄτλας ἅπαντα σ[[. [prev. work] 99c; λάκκους συντετριμμένους, οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται ὕδωρ συνέχειν LXX.Jer.2.13:—] LXX]passive, τὸ λεγόμενον ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος” trapped in a well, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ καρπὸς.. ἂν μὴ πλυθῇ.. συνέχεται sticks together, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.15.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ στόμα οὐ συνεσχέθη ἔτι my mouth was no longer closed, [[ LXX.Eze.33.22. ] LXX]
__2 keep together, keep from dispersing, στράτευμα, δύναμιν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.76; σ. ἐν τῷ χάρακι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.39.1; ὥπλισε.. καὶ συνεῖχε τοῦ τείχους ἐντός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 23; περὶ Κύπρον σ. τὸ ναυτικόν [prev. author] “Cim.” 18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; continue, keep on, μὴ πλείους πέντε ἡμερῶν σύσχῃς τὸ ὕδωρ (the flooding) [[ “PCair.Zen.” 155.5 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; keep, τοὺς πολίτας σ. ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 22, compare 2.193e; προστάξαντος αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις συνέχειν ἑαυτόν, ὁ δὲ ἀπεδύσατο 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 14.48 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; preserve, οἱ ἅλες ἐπὶ πλεῖστον [τὰ σώματα] συνέχοντες [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.255 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; maintain, σ. τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐκ τῶν ἱεροσυληθέντων λειψάνων [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.61 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be continuous, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be maintained, πᾶσα ἕξις.. ὑπὸ τῶν καταλλήλων ἔργων συνέχεται καὶ αὔξεται [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.18.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b of social and political order, σ. πόλεις keep states together, keep them from falling to pieces, maintain them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 312, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.9; τὸ φρονεῖν σ. δώματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 392 (Lyric poetry), compare 1308 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἀνθρώπους ἡ κοινωνία σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 508a; ἡ τὰ πάντα πολιτεύματα συνέχουσα εἰς ἓν δίκη [prev. author] “Lg.” 945d, compare “Plt.” 311c; σ. τὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.2; τὴν πολιτικὴν κοινωνίαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b25, compare 1270b17; ὀρθῶς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι τὴν δύναμιν τῶν Ἀθηναίων συνεῖχεν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οἴνῳ τὰς ἀρχὰς συνεῖχε conducted the government over wine, [[ [prev. author] 2.714b; also ὁ τὸν ὅλον κόσμον συντάττων καὶ συνέχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.13, cf. LXX.Wis.1.7 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ξ. τὴν εἰρεσίαν keep the rowers together, make them pull in time, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων συνέχεσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 43e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c keep together in friendship, ἁμέ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1265 (Lyric poetry); τοὺς ἐρωμένους 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.563e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ ὂν συνέχεται.. φιλίᾳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e; τὰ πράγματα ὑπ᾽ εὐνοίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.d passive also, engage in close combat, ἐγχειριδίοισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.214 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sexual intercourse, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540a24, “GA” 731a19, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 28.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.e occupy or engage, ἑαυτὸν ἐν γυναιξὶ καὶ θιάσοις [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 34; [γυναῖκα] συνέχειν ἐπὶ καπηλείου [prev. author] 2.785d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 contain, comprise, embrace, εἷς λόγος πάσας τὰς αἰσθήσεις σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 374d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ συνέχον the chief matter, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.12.3, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 9.7.1, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.516; τὸ σ. καὶ κυριώτατον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.22 O.; τὰ συνέχοντα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.46.6, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.2; τὰ σ. ἀγαθά 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.25: with _genitive_, τὸ σ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας] Refs 2nd c.BC+] the chief reason for.. , [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.4.2, compare 4.51.1, 18.39.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῆς σωτηρίας the chief means of.. , [[ [prev. author] 10.47.11 ] Refs]; τὰ σ. τῶν ἐγγράπτων the chief clauses, [[ [prev. author] 3.27.1; τὸ σ. τῆς ἐννοίας [prev. author] 3.29.9, compare 4.5.5, 18.44.2:] Refs] —passive, τὸν πρὸς τῇ ὑπεκλύσει πυρετὸν ὑπ᾽ ἄλλης αἰτίας συνέχεσθαι is chiefly caused (compare συνεκτικός) by.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 detain, τὰς καμήλους ἐν τῇ Νεχθενίβιος (i.e. κώμῃ) [[ “PMich.Zen.” 103.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; sequestrate, [[ PEnteux. 3.7, 85.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; keep under arrest, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri Michegan 36.6 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1824.27 (1st c.BC), NT.Luke.22.63; προσαπήγαγέν με εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν καὶ συνέσχεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δ ¯ “PEnteux.” 83.7 (3rd c.BC), compare 84.11 (3rd c.BC)] NT+3rd c.BC+]:—passive, συνέχομαι ἐμ φυλακῇ [[ “PPetr.” 2p.50 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 347.3 (3rd c.BC), “PRyl.” 65.11 (1st c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; of things held as security, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 373.3 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__5 constrain or force one to a thing, ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ σ. ἡμᾶς [[ NT.2Cor.5.14 ] NT]; oppress, [[NT.Luke.8.45, 19.43; ἡ σκληροκοιτία λυπεῖ καὶ σ. τὸ σῶμα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.196:—used by early writers only in ] NT+2nd c.AD+]passive, συνέχεσθαί τινι to be constrained, distressed, afflicted, and, generally, to be affected by anything whether in mind or body, πατρὶ συνείχετο.. χαλεπῷ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.131; ξ. τοῖσι Λυκούργου πατριώταις 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πολέμῳ, δουληΐῃ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.23, 6.12; ὀνείρασι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 656; φροντίδι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 634 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίψῃ, πόνῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 3.98; πυρετῷ NT.Luke.4.38; κακῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1096; μεγάλοις καὶ ἀνιάτοις νοσήμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 512a; πάσῃ ἀπορίᾳ [prev. author] “Sph.” 250d; ἀγρυπνίαις “IG” 42(1).122.50 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] NT+5th c.BC+]; τῷ λόγῳ (variant{πνεύματι}) [[ NT.Act.18.5; γέλωτι συσχεθέντα τελευτῆσαι 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.185; ἔρωτι συσχεθείς 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus 40.3; ἄνθρωπος συνεχόμενος ἀπὸ οἴνου LXX.Jer.23.9 ] NT+1st c.BC+]; συνεχομένη τῇ συνειδήσει[[LXX.Wis.17.11. ] LXX]
__6 constrain, hinder, hold back, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύσχῃ τὸν οὐρανόν shut up the heaven, [[ LXX.Deu.11.17 ] LXX]; συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ[[LXX.Gen.8.2 ] LXX]; συνεσχέθη ἡ θραῦσις ἐπάνωθεν Ἰσραήλ the plague was stayed from Israel,[[LXX.2Ki.24.25: _metaphorically_, ὑπὸ τοῦ γένους 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 122.22, compare “Synt.” 342.18. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]
__7 hold at the same time, δύο σχολάς [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.48. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__8 buy up and withhold, make a corner in, σῖτον [[ LXX.Pro.11.26. ] LXX]
__9 Grammars, σ. τὸ ἄρθρον to be accompanied by the article, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 35.2, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__10 συνέσχον I also received.. , [[ “BGU” 577.16 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II intransitive, meet, see[[ above 1.1; εἰς ἕν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 530b27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρός τι to be connected with, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.145. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
