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συνοχή

συνοχή, a being held together

συνοχ-ή, ἡ, (συνέχω)
  • holding together, μηχανημάτων Orib. 49.4.75; grasping in the hand, ῥόας Philostr. VA 4.28.
      • 2 maintenance, control, σ. ἡ ἑαυτοῦ selfmaintenance, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.173; προνοίᾳ καὶ σ. θεοῦ Placit. 2.4.2; σ. τῆς ἰδίας εὐδαιμονίας Epicur. Fr. 361.
    • II (συνέχομαι) a being held together,
      • 1 contraction, ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν ὁδοῦ where the road contracts, at a narrow part of the road, Il. 23.330; ἁλὸς ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν in the narrows or straits, A.R. 2.318; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ λιμένος Id. 1.1006.
      • 2 conflict in battle, ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇσιν ἀγῶνος Q.S. 4.342; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ πολέμοιο A.R. 1.160; στυγερῶν ἐγ ξυνοχαῖς πολέμων IG 9(1).1064 (Anticyra, iii B.C.).
      • 3 continuity, Arist. Top. 122b26, cf. Alex.Aphr. ad loc.; σ. κατὰ τόπον Apollod.Stoic. 3.260; coherence, σ. καὶ ἕνωσις τῶν μερῶν Dam. Pr. 112, al.; combination of elements, Plot. 2.9.5.
        • b intension or connotation, Dam. Pr. 263.
      • 4 line of union, meeting-place, βλεφάρων Coluth. 74; ξ. χιτῶνος the joining of the tunic on the shoulder, A.R. 1.744; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα σ. the clinging of the garment to the body, Arr. Epict. 4.11.12.
      • 5 metaph., distress, affliction, Ev.Luc. 21.25, 2 Ep.Cor. 2.4; oppression, Vett.Val. 2.8 (pl.),PMag.Lond. 122.35; detention, imprisonment, BGU 1821.21 (i B.C.), PLond. 2.354.24 (i B.C.), Vett.Val. 74.23, Man. 1.313 (pl.), al.: but of going to bed in disease, ἀκίνδυνος ἔσται ἡ σ. Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.102.
      • 6 trap, gin, snare, LXX Jd. 2.3 (pl.).

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