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συμβολή

συμβολή, a coming together, meeting, joining

συμβολ-ή, ἡ,
  • coming together, meeting, joining, συμβολὰς τριῶν κελεύθων A. Fr. 173, cf. X. HG 7.1.29; confluence of two rivers, IG 9(2).205.12 (Melitea, iii B.C.), D.S. 17.97, Arr. An. 6.4.4, IG 14.352 i 17, ii 49 (Halaesa), etc.; συμβολὴ τῶν ὀπτικῶν νεύρων Gal. UP 10.13; putting together, τῶν κώλων Sor. 1.103 (prob.); τῶν χειλῶν συμβολαί, opp. τῆς γλώσσης προσβολαί, of the pronunciation of labial and lingual letters, Arist. PA 660a6; σ. φωνηέντων meeting of vowels in compound words, D.H. Dem. 40, cf. Phld. Po.Herc. 994.28; εἰς φωνήεντα τελευτᾶν ταῖς σ. Arist. Rh.Al. 1434b35.
      • 2 in concrete sense, joint, juncture, [τοῦ ζωστῆρος] Hdt. 4.10; [τῶν ἀξόνων] X. Eq. 10.10; of an alchemical apparatus, Zos.Alch. p.139 B.; τῶν ὀστέων, of the joints, Hp. Art. 79, cf. Pl. Phd. 98d, Gal. 2.683, UP 3.16, 16.10; πρὸς τοῦ ἰσχίου Hp. Epid. 5.7; suture of the skull, Poll. 2.36.
      • 3 twisting, plaiting, τοπείων IG 2(2).1672.311; νεύρων Arist. Aud. 802b16.
      • 4 point of contact, Arched.Stoic. 3.263; bond of union, τοῦ χωρίου καὶ τῆς γνώμης Aret. SD 1.6.
    • II in hostile sense, encounter, engagement, συμβολῆς γενομένης Hdt. 1.74, cf. 7.210; συμβολὴν ποιέεσθαι Id. 6.110; τῇ σ. νικῆσαι, ἑσσωθῆναι, Id. 4.159, 1.66; of ships, A. Pers. 350; ἀλεκτρυόνων σ. Hdn. 3.10.3 (pl.); τάλας ἐγὼ ξυμβολῆς βαρείας Ar. Ach. 1210.
    • III = σύμβολον II.3, IG 5(2).419.12 (Phigaleia), etc.; τῶν ἄλλοθι (sc. συμβολαίων) ἀπὸ ξυμβολῶν κατὰ τὰς οὔσας ξυμβολὰς πρὸς Φασηλίτας τὰς δίκας εἶναι ib. 12.16.13, cf. 60.9, al.; δικάζεσθαι κὰ (i.e. κατὰ) τᾶς συμβολᾶς ib. 9 (1).333.15 (Locr., v B.C.); συνθῆκαι καὶ σ. πρός τινας Arist. Rh. 1360a15.
      • 2 marriage-contract, Vett.Val. 40.10 (pl.).
    • IV pl., contributions made to provide a common meal, συμβολὰς πράττεσθαι make people pay their share of the reckoning, Ar. Ach. 1211, Eub. 72; τὰς ξ. κατατιθέναι, καταβάλλειν, pay oneʼs shot, Antiph. 26.8, Diod.Com. 2.13; σ. φέρειν, εἰσφέρειν, Alex. 143, Hegesand. 31 (sg.); πίνειν ἀπὸ συμβολῶν Alex. 97, cf. Diph. 43.28.
        • b the meal or entertainment itself, picnic, X. Smp. 1.16.
        • c [τὸν δακτύλιον] εἰς συμβολὰς ὑπόθημʼ ἔδωκε as a pledge into the poll (in dicing), Men. Epit. 287; συμβολὰς or συμβολὴν καταθεῖναι, Luc. Herm. 81, DMeretr. 7.1.
      • 2 contribution, subscription to the expenses of a festival, etc., IG 12(7).22.28 (Arcesine, iii B.C.), PTeb. 112.26 (ii B.C.), etc.; διὰ τὸ μὴ πεσεῖν πάσας τὰς σ. because the subscriptions had not all been paid, PCair.Zen. 341 (a). 19 (iii B.C.), cf. PPetr. 3 p.325 (iii B.C.), UPZ 98.139 (ii B.C.): metaph., συμβολὰς διδόναι τῇ πολιτείᾳ Plu. Agis 9, cf. Arat. 11; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον σ. παρασχέσθαι Id. Comp.Dion.Brut. 1.
    • V metaph., cooperation, dub. in Phld. D. 1.22.

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