About Report a problem

Menu

συμφωνία

συμφωνία, concord

συμφων-ία, ἡ,
  • concord or unison of sound, τὴν ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ ἁρμονίαν, ἢ δὴ σ. καλεῖται Pl. Cra. 405d; ἡ γὰρ ἁρμονία σ. ἐστί, σ. δὲ ὁμολογία τις Id. Smp. 187b, cf. R. 430e; λόγος ἀριθμῶν ἐν ὀξεῖ ἢ βαρεῖ Arist. APo. 90a18, cf. de An. 426a29; κρᾶσίς ἐστι λόγον ἐχόντων ἐναντίων πρὸς ἄλληλα Id. Pr. 921a2.
      • 2 of two sounds only, musical concord, accord, such as the fourth, fifth, and octave, Pl. R. 531a, 531c; ἡ διὰ πασῶν σ. Arist. Pr. 921a13, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.8; distd. from mere ὁμοφωνία, Arist. Pol. 1263b35.
      • 3 harmonious union of many voices or sounds, concert, οἱ τῶν σ. λόγοι, the Pythag. doctrine of the music of the spheres, Id. Cael. 290b22, cf. IG 14.793 (Naples).
    • II metaph., harmony, agreement, Pl. Lg. 689d, Arist. Pol. 1334b10; σ. τις καὶ ἰσότης Thphr. Fr. 89.8; σ. τῷ λόγῳ Pl. R. 401d; σ. [τῆς ψυχῆς] ἑαυτῇ Id. Ti. 47d; μείξας πάντα κατὰ συμφωνίαν, of a cook, Damox. 2.54; unanimity, σ. τῶν ἱστορησάντων Gal. 15.134; opp. διαφωνία, ib. 440; concordance, of theory with observed fact, ἔχειν τοῖς φαινομένοις σ. Epicur. Ep. 2 p.36 U., cf. Phld. Mort. 10; also ἡ πρὸς τὰ πάθη σ. Polystr. p.15 W.: in concrete sense, ἡ σ., = τὸ συμπεφωνημένον (cf. συμφωνέω II.2), the amount agreed upon, Ostr. 364 (i A.D.).
    • III band, orchestra, Ἑλληνικά 1.19 (Gytheum, i A.D.), PFlor. 74.5 (ii A.D.), POxy. 1275.9 (iii A.D.), and so perh. in Plb. 26.1.4, 30.26.8, but used of a musical instrument in LXX Da. 3.5; so Lat. symphonia, of a kind of drum, Isid. Etym. 3.22.14, but of a wind instrument, Plin. HN 8.157; symphoniae et cymbala strepitusque, Cels. 3.18.10; ἤκουσε συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν Ev.Luc. 15.25.

Saved

Recent