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συνεχής

συνεχής, holding together

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συνεχέστερον masculine accusative singular comparative, neuter nominative singular comparative, neuter vocative singular comparative, neuter accusative singular comparative of συνεχής

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συνεχής, ές,
  • holding together:
    • I of Space, continuous, Parm. 8.6, 25, Arist. Metaph. 1069a5, Ph. 200b18, al.; of quantity, opp. διωρισμένος, Id. Cat. 4b20; σ. νῶτον Pl. R. 616e; συνεχὲς ποικίλον a continuity of variety, Id. Phd. 110d; σ. οἰκήματα Th. 3.21.
        • b c. dat., continuous with or contiguous to, in a line with, Hdt. 4.22, E. Hipp. 226 (anap.), Arist. Mete. 339a22, Mu. 392a23, etc.: less freq. c. gen., ib. 393a29 (s. v.l.); τομαὶ σ. ἀπὸ μιᾶς μέχρι τῶν δέκα Pl. Lg. 738a: abs., σ. ἦσαν Κίλικες Plb. 30.25.4, cf. Str. 11.6.2.
      • 2 of words, etc., ξ. ῥῆσις Th. 5.85; πᾶς ὁ σ. λόγος Plb. 1.5.5; τούτῳ συνάπτοντες τὸ σ. Id. 3.3.2; τὸ σ. connexion of letters, Plu. Lys. 19: c. dat., λόγος σ. τῷ νυνδὴ γενόμενος Pl. Ep. 318e; σκέψις σ. τοῖς πρότερον Thphr. CP 6.3.3.
      • 3 Math., of proportions, σ. ἀναλογία continued proportion (opp. διῃρημένη), i.e. three terms in geometrical progression, Arist. EN 1131a33, Archim. Aequil. 2.9; κατὰ τὸ σ. ἀνάλογον Id. Sph. Cyl. 2.5, etc.
        • b successive, of integers as terms in a series, Theol.Ar. 54; of middle terms in argument, Arist. APo. 87b6.
      • 4 of things, continuous, conjoined, Id. HA 509b13, etc.; folld. by a Prep., σ. πρός τι ib. 495b20; of substance, clinging, dense, τὸ γλίσχρασμα [τῆς πτισάνης] λεῖον καὶ σ. … ἐστι Hp. Acut. 10, cf. Gal. 6.822; ἀήρ, ἔλαιον, Plu. Pyth. 2.396a, QConv. 696b; τὸ πυκνὸν καὶ σ. ib. 701f; [γάλα] λεῖον καὶ ὁμαλὸν καὶ σ. ἑαυτῷ Sor. 1.91.
    • II of Time, continuous, unintermitting, σ. πυρετός, opp. διαλείπων, Hp. Aph. 3.21; sts. distd. from σύνοχος πυρετός, Anon. ap. Gal. 17(1).220; σ. καύματα καὶ πυρετούς Pl. Ti. 86a; [θερμότης] Thphr. Ign. 33; κίνησις Id. Lass. 15; πόνος -έστερος Th. 7.81; πόλεμος διὰ βίου σ. Pl. Lg. 625e; συνουσία, βασιλεία, X. Smp. 8.18 (Comp.), Ages. 1.4; πότοι Men. 914, cf. Sophil. 3; σ. κακοπαθίαι OGI 244.12 (Daphne, ii B.C.); σ. γίνεσθαι, πνεῖν, of winds, Arist. Mete. 362a11, 26, Thphr. Vent. 1; τὸ ἀκρίτως ξ. τῆς ἁμίλλης Th. 7.71; τὸ σ. ἔργου (prob. for ἔργον) Anaxandr. 63; τοῦ δήμου τὸ σ. continuous intercourse with . ., Plu. Per. 7; κατὰ τὸ σ. continuously, Plb. 2.2.7; consecutively, in what follows, Gal. 15.116; ἐκ τούτου κατὰ τὸ σ. immediately after that, ib. 902.
      • 2 frequent, τῶν ὀρνίθων ἥκιστα σ. καὶ συνήθης [ὁ γύψ] Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.286a; λουτροῖς συνεχέσι χρῆσθαι Sor. 1.65; χάσμη σ. ib. 24; -εστέρα ἔστω ἡ ἐκμύζησις ib. 97.
    • III of persons, constant, persevering, X. Oec. 21.9; ἐν ταῖς . . πρὸς τὰ πάθη διαμάχαις Plu. Adul. 2.74c; cf. Poll. 4.20, 6.147.
  • B Adv. σῠνεχῶς, Ep. and Ion. -έως (v. sub fin.):
    • I mostly of Time, continually, continuously, unremittingly, Hes. Th. 636, Hdt. 7.16.γʹ, E. IA 1008, IG 1(2).57.54, etc.; ξ. πολεμεῖν Th. 2.1, cf. 1.11, 5.24, Antipho 6.44; συνεχέως αἰεί Hdt. 1.67, cf. Pl. Lg. 706a; ἀεὶ σ. ib. 807e; οἱ σ. ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐφεξῆς γενόμενοι (v.l. γιν-) λιμοί Gal. 6.749: Comp. -έστερον A.D. Pron. 65.17: Sup. -έστατα X. Mem. 4.2.6.
        • b without leaving an interval, immediately, ἐπίθυε . ., καὶ λέγε τὸν λόγον συνεχῶς τὸν τῆς ἐπικλήσεως PMag.Par. 1.1865, cf. BGU 451.15 (i/ii A.D.), PFlor. 332.18 (ii A.D.); δίδοται πρὸς τὰ θανάσιμα σ. πινόμενον καὶ ἐξεμούμενον Dsc. 1.30; βδέλλας καύσας καὶ λεάνας χρῶ σ. προεκτίλας (sc. superfluous eyelashes) Aët. 7.69.
        • c at frequent intervals, ἵνα μὴ σ. λούηται τὸ βρέφος Sor. 1.99; μελίκρατον σ. ἐνστάζομεν ib. 123; τὰ βρέφη -έστερον ἐξερᾷ [τὸ γάλα] . . ναυτιῶντα ib. 109; ποτίζων -έστερον ἐκ διαστημάτων Gp. 10.18.5; -έστερον, = saepius, Gloss.; -έστατα, = saepissime, ib.
      • 2 freq. with Numbers, in succession, consecutively, ὁρμαθοὺς μελῶν ἐφεξῆς τέτταρας ξ. Ar. Ra. 915; ἡμέρας ἑβδομήκοντα ξ. Th. 2.75; μῆνας ὀκτὼ σ. Ephipp. 5.15 (anap.); similarly, οὐ σ. ἐφεξῆς ἐν τάξει πεποιημένος [τὸν λόγον] Gal. 15.496.
      • 3 rarely of Space, σ. εἶναι πᾶσαν οἰκουμένην Arist. Mete. 362b29; σ. μέχρι . . Plb. 2.14.6.
    • II συνεχές as Adv. freq. in Ep., as Il. 12.26; strengthd., σ. αἰεί unceasing ever, Od. 9.74; also in Pi. I. 4(3).65(83), Ar. Eq. 21, and freq. in later Ep., Arat. 20, Call. Ap. 60, etc.; also in later Prose, Luc. Somn. 4, D.L. 2.32, al. [σῡνεχές Hom. ll. cc. and σῡνεχέως Hes. l.c., B. 5.113, metri gr.; also Theoc. 20.12, A.R. 1.1271.]

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