putting together, composition, combination, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 93a, “R.” 611b; τῶν λίθων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174a23, compare “IG” 42(1).103.56 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 7.3073.92 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν σπονδύλων [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.102 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; storage, τῶν μήλων (quinces in a ῥίσκος) [[ 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 10 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but ἐλαιῶν σ. a preserve of olives, [[ “Geoponica” 9.28.2. ] Refs]
__b in concrete sense, junction, ὀστῶν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; συνθέσεις (λέγω τὰς γωνίας) [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 910b14. ] Refs]
__2 in various technical senses:
__2.a in Grammar, composition, γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις, i.e. syllables and words, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 460, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1092a26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἔκ τε ῥημάτων γιγνομένη καὶ ὀνομάτων, i.e. sentences, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 263d, compare “Cra.” 431c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1458a28, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.487] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ συνθέσεως ὀνομάτων, title of work by [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also, the juxtaposition of letters in a word, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1434b34 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of an author's composition, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἡ τῶν μέτρων σ. metrical composition, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b35 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἐπῶν σ. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.74 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ παίωνος ξ. the way the paeon is made up, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1143d] Refs 1st c.AD+]; the constitution of things, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παρθενίων” 1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b in Mathematics texts, synthesis of a problem (opposed to ἀνάλυσις), [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.7, explained in 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 634 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡ κατὰ σ. ἀγωγή synthetic procedure, [[ [prev. author] 412.2. ] Refs]
__2.c in Mathematics texts, σ. λόγου transformation of a ratio known as componendo, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 5 “Def.” 14] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κατὰ -σιν, = componendo, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 2.9. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2.d in Mathematics texts, addition, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1018c, 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 1 “Intr.” ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; καθ᾽ ἁντινοῦν -σιν however many times added, i.e. whatever number of times taken (multiplied), [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 1:—also as 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for 2, Anatol. cited in “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.e in Logic, union of noun and verb or of two objects of thought in a statement, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Interpretatione” 16a12, “de An.” 430a27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ὁ παρὰ τὴν σ. [λόγος] the fallacy of composition, opposed to διαίρεσις, [[ [prev. author] “SE” 177a33. ] Refs]
__2.f in Physics, composition of substances, parts of organisms, from their elementary constituents, [[ [prev. author] “PA” 646a12, “Top.” 151a23 ] Refs]; opp μίξις (combination), [[ [prev. author] “GC” 328a6. ] Refs]
__2.g in Medicine, compounding of essences and drugs, τῶν μύρων [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 14, +others, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.45, 1st c.AD: Aglaïas Elegiacus 8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II combination of parts so as to form a whole, γενέσεις καὶ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν στρωμάτων σ. [[ [prev. author] “Plt.” 280b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 645a35, “Metaphorical” 1014b37; in plants, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.5.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.b in concrete sense, a social or political combination, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276b7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; a military formation, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 18.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
