συγκροτ-έω,
strike together, σ. τὼ χεῖρε clap the hands for joy, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.5, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.420c; ταῖς χερσίν LXX.Num.24.10 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; smite them together in grief or anger, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 14 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. τοὺς ὀδόντας ὑπὸ τρόμου, ὑπὸ τοῦ κρύους, [[ [prev. author] “JTr.” 45, “Cat.” 20. ] Refs]
__2 absolutely, clap, applaud, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 62 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; join in applauding, [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.484B. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—passive, to be applauded, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II hammer or weld together, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 471; ἀσπὶς συγκεκροτημένη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, σ. ὀνόματα weld words together into unities, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 409c, 415d, 416b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of style, λέξις συγκεκροτημένη pithy, terse, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 18, “Isoc.” 2, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2.b knock together, compose, ἀνάπαιστα [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 18; κατηγορίαν [prev. author] “Eun.” 13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2.c weld a number of men into one body, i.e. organize them, τὸν χορόν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17; σύνδειπνον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.528b (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πότον [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 12 (_passive_)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξυνωμοσίαν [[ [prev. author] “Phal.” 1.4; γάμους 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.11 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of military or naval forces, collect, levy, σ. δύναμιν, στράτευμα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.9.1, 2.14.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.157J.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μίαν Λάκαινάν τις ὑβρίζων κοινὸν πόλεμον ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν συγκροτεῖ [[ 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 29.80 ] Refs 6th c.AD+] F.-R.:—passive, ἐκεῖνό μοι φράσον, εἰ πάλαι ξυγκροτεῖται αὐτοῖς ἡ ἔρις [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 33 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; πόλεμος.. ἐπὶ ὑπηκόους συνεκροτεῖτο was being waged against subjects, [[ 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 3.11 F.-R. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]