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σύμμιξις

σύμμιξις, commixture

σύμμιξις (or σύμμειξις), εως, ἡ,
  • commingling, commixture, πάντων χρημάτων Anaxag. 4; τινῶν πρὸς ἄλληλα Pl. Phlb. 23d, cf. Plt. 309b; αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξης Id. Sph. 264b; ἡ τῶν γάμων σ. καὶ κοινωνία Id. Lg. 721a; ἐκ συμμίξεως by commixture, Arist. GA 785b5, cf. Pl. Ti. 60d.
    • II sexual intercourse, Id. Lg. 839a, Plu. Num. 4.
    • III οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν σ. mistranslation of Hebr. benē hatta` ărūbóth ‘sons of pledges’, i.e. ‘hostages’, through confusion of root with `ēreb ‘mixed horde’, LXX 4 Ki. 14.14.

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