συνοχ-ή, ἡ,
(συνέχω) holding together, μηχανημάτων [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.75 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; grasping in the hand, ῥόας [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.28. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 maintenance, control, σ. ἡ ἑαυτοῦ selfmaintenance, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.173; προνοίᾳ καὶ σ. θεοῦ “Placita Philosophorum” 2.4.2; σ. τῆς ἰδίας εὐδαιμονίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 361. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II (συνέχομαι) a being held together,
__II.1 contraction, ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν ὁδοῦ where the road contracts, at a narrow part of the road, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.330 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁλὸς ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν in the narrows or straits, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.318; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ λιμένος [prev. author] 1.1006. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 conflict in battle, ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇσιν ἀγῶνος [[ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.342; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ πολέμοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.160; στυγερῶν ἐγ ξυνοχαῖς πολέμων “IG” 9(1).1064 (Anticyra, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 continuity, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 122b26, cf. Alex.Aphr. (at [prev. work]); σ. κατὰ τόπον 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.260 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; coherence, σ. καὶ ἕνωσις τῶν μερῶν [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 112, +others] Refs 5th c.AD+]; combination of elements, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.5. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]