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συνουσία

συνουσία, a being with, social intercourse, society, conversation, communion

συνουσί-α, Ion. -ιη, ἡ: (συνών, συνοῦσα part. of σύνειμι):—
  • being with or together, esp. for purposes of feasting or conversing, social intercourse, society, Hdt. 6.128, A. Eu. 285, S. OC 647, etc.; κομψὸς ἐν συνουσίᾳ Ar. Nu. 649; σ. τινός intercourse with one, σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῶν σοφῶν ξυνουσίᾳ S. Fr. 14; γυναικῶν σ. (with a play on signf. 4) Ar. Ec. 110 = Trag.Adesp. 51; ἡ τοῦ θείου σ. communion with . ., Pl. Phd. 83e; τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ by long intercourse with it, S. Ph. 520; προϊούσης τῆς σ. as the conversation goes on, Pl. Tht. 150d; σ. ποιεῖσθαι hold conversation together, Id. Sph. 217e, Smp. 176e, al.; τὴν σ. διαλῦσαι Id. La. 201c: pl., Isoc. 4.45, Pl. Phd. 111b, al.; ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν, = οἱ ξυνόντες θῆρες, S. Ph. 936.
      • 2 οὐ λόγοις . ., ἀλλὰ τῇ ξυνουσίᾳ but by habitual association, constant resort, Id. OC 63.
      • 3 intercourse with a teacher, attendance at his teaching, μισθὸς τῆς σ. X. Mem. 1.2.60, cf. 1.6.11; ἡ πρὸς Σωκράτην σ. αὐτοῖν their intercourse with him, ib. 1.2.13; ἡ περὶ γράμματα σ. τῶν μανθανόντων Pl. Plt. 285c; ἡ σὴ σ. intercourse with you, Id. Prt. 318a.
      • 4 sexual intercourse, Democr. 32, Pl. Lg. 838a, X. Cyr. 6.1.31 (v.l.), Epicur. Fr. 62, etc.; ἡ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς σ. Pl. Smp. 206c (interpol.); ἀνδρῶν X. Oec. 9.11; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας σ. Arist. Pol. 1269b27; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων σ. Pl. Smp. 192c; ἡ τῆς παιδογονίας Id. Lg. 838e; of animals, copulation, Arist. HA 630b35, al.; cf. σύνειμι (εἰμί sum) ΙΙ.2.
    • II in concrete sense, a society, company, party, Hdt. 2.78 (pl.), Pl. Smp. 173a, Lg. 672a; ἡ ἐν οἴνῳ σ., = συμπόσιον, Id. Lg. 652a; αἱ ἐν τοῖς πότοις σ. Isoc. 1.32; πότοι καὶ σ. Id. 15.286; αἱ σοφαὶ ξυνουσίαι literary parties, conversazioni, Ar. Th. 21; εἰς τὰς σ. . . παραλαμβάνουσι τὴν μουσικήν Arist. Pol. 1339b22.

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