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SYN 
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thlus, a, un:, adj. same as Symeelhms, 
a, um. Virg. 
ByMBOLX ( avp0oX>i ), tc, f. a contribution 
3 or share given to any thing, as, money 
contributed to an entertainment. Te- 
rent. Symboiam dedit, coenavit, h. c. 
he contributed his share towards the feast. 
Hence, Id. Edere de symbolis, h. e. to 
feast together with money contributed by 
each person. Id. De symbolis quid ac¬ 
tum est, h. e. what has been done with this 
collection 7 what has become of the club 7 — 
Hence, Qell. Symbol®, h. e. questions 
which friends propose to each other, and 
thus, as it were, entertain themselves. 
-IT Sometimes it seems to denote 
the feast or entertainment itself. Plant. 
Symboiam dabo-IT Also, for Sym¬ 
bol um. Apul. 
SyMBOLICe (symbolum), adv. symboli- 
3 cally, metaphorically, typically, avpiftc- 
Xikoi;. Oell. appellare. 
SfMBOLUM ( crvp/3u\ov ), j, n. and SyM- 
2 BOGGS (ovpfio'Kos), i,m. any mark or sign 
by which one person gives another to under¬ 
stand any thing, or which one has agreed 
upon with any one. Plaut. Quern sym¬ 
bolum ? Id. Symbolum est. — Accord¬ 
ing to Plin. 33, 4, the Grecians and Ro¬ 
mans called a signet symbolum. 
SyMMETRIX (avpperpia), ffi, f. symmetry, 
2 proportion, harmony. Vitruv. 
SyMMETROS (<rvppcrpos), oil, adj.pro- 
2 portionate, symmetrical. Vitruv. 
SyMMySTX {avppvoTqs), ®, m. a fellow- 
3priest, a priest of the same colleae. 
Apul. 
SyMPaSMX {avptraapa), Stis, n. a medi- 
3 cal powder which was sprinkled on the 
body. Call. Aurcl. 
SYMPXTHIA(( 7 U/iJrd- 9 '£<a), ®, f. sympathy, 
3 fellow-feeling, natural inclination. Vi¬ 
truv. 
SyMPHoNIX (avpefioivia), ®, f. symphony, 
concert of musical instruments, harmony 
of mingled sounds. Cic. Also, of a 
signal in war. Prudent. 
SyMPIIoNIACOS (avpejiaiviaKds), a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to music, a concert 
or choir. Cic. pueri, or servi, h. e. slaves 
who made music to amuse their masters, 
singers, musicians, musical or singing- 
boys, choristers. - IT Pallad. herba, 
h. e. henbane. 
EyMPIIyTON (avycfivrov ), or SyMPHy- 
TUM, i, n. wallwort, comfrey, or bugle. 
Plin. 27, 24. -IT Also, an herb other¬ 
wise called helenion. Plin. 14, 19, 5. 
SyMPLkGAS (avpnXqyas), &dis or &dos, 
f. striking together. Hence, Symple- 
gades, sc. insula;, two islands of the 
Black sea, of which it was fabled that they 
frequently dashed against each other, un¬ 
til they were fixed after the Argo had passed 
between them. Ovid. — Martial, uses it 
figuratively of the buttocks. - IT Al¬ 
so, as a substant. a joining together. 
Rut.il. 
SyMPLeGMX (avp-irXeyixa), Stis, n. a 
3group, particularly of wrestlers in the 
act of wrestling. Plin .— Symplegmata, 
in mimic plays, unexpected or wonderful 
events, intrigues, &c. Arn.ob. -IT Al¬ 
so, same as Concubitus. Martial. 
SyMPLOCe (avpnXo kp), es, f. a figure of 
3 rhetoric, when the beginning and conclu¬ 
sion, or the first and last words, are re¬ 
peated. Marc. Cap. 
* jpMPttSIXCdS ( ovpwooiaKOi ), a, um, 
o adj. of or pertaining to a feast, convivial. 
Oell. quffistiunculs. Hence, Id. Sym- 
posiaca ( plur .), h. c. writings or a writing 
relating to an entertainment. 
SYMPOSIUM {ovpirbmov), ii, n. a feast, 
3 banquet, the name of a book of Plato. 
Nepos. 
SyMPSaLMA (cvpif/aXga), Stis, n. aplay- 
o mg together on a stringed instrument, or 
a singing together to the same. Aumistin. 
^NTERESIS (avvaipcais), is, f. the 
3 contraction of two vowels into one, as, 
when alveo is read or scanned as a dis¬ 
syllable. 
SyNXGOGX (avuayoryii), ®, f. a congre- 
3 gatiou, assembly. Hence, a synaaocrue 
or congregation of Jews. 
SyNXLCEPIIe {ovvaXoityb,), es, f. syna- 
3 lepha, a poetic figure , by which the final 
vowel or diphthong of a word, is elided by 
the vowel or diphthong of the following 
vtord, so that the two words sound as one; 
thus in verse, ante ilium is read antillum 
or anVillum. 
SyNaNCHe (< Tvvayxq ), es, f. a disease in 
3 the fauces ; the quinsy, or sore-throat. 
Oell. and Call. Aurcl. 
SyNaNCIIICOS (avvayxiKds), a, um, adj. 
3 of or pertaining to the synanche. Cal. 
Aurel. passio. 
SyNAPOTHNeSCONTES (ovvano^vfio- 
3 kovtcs), The Dying Together; the title 
of a Greek comedy of Diphilus. Te¬ 
nant. 
SyNXRISToSAH, or — uSAH CZvvapioTa 3- 
cai), The Women breakfasting together; 
the title of a comedy of Menander. 
Oell. 
SyNCERaSTUM (evyKCpacrrdv), i, n. 
2 properly, any thing mixed-, hence, any 
meat or dish. Varr. 
SyNCeROS, &c. See Sincerus, &c. 
SyNCHRiSMA (ovyxpeopa), Stis, n. an 
3 anointing. Vegct. 
SyNCHRONOS (ebyxpovos), a, um, adj. 
3 contemporary, a contemporary. Hieron. 
SyNCHySIS (avyxvais), is, f. a covfused 
3 order of icords. 
StNCSPe, es, and SyNCSPX (cvyKonr]), 
3 (E, f. syncope , xohtn a letter or syllable is 
omitted in the middle of a word. -U Al¬ 
so, a fainting 7 swooning, syncope. Vegct. 
SyNC 5PQ (syncope), as, avi, atum, ru 1. 
3 to faint , swoon , to lose one’s strength. 
Veget. 
SyNCRaSIS (avyKpaaig), is, f. a min- 
3 glwg, mixture; the name of one of the 
JEons. Tertull. 
SyNDICOS (avvStKog), i, m. a syndic; the 
3 representative and defender of the rights 
of a community. Pandect. 
SyNeCDOCHe (avvcKcioxq), es, f. synec- 
2 doclie, a trope by which the whole stands 
for a part, or the contrary ; as, Aclielous, 
for water. Quintil -‘IT Also, a figure 
by which a word is omitted, which may be 
understood. Quintil. 
SyNeCDOCHICe (as from synecdochi- 
3 cus, from synecdoche), adv. by the figure 
synecdoche. Ilierov. 
SyNECHeS {avvcxhQjs, h. e. continuus, 
3 jierpetuus. Mart. Capell. 
SyNEDROS (avveSpog), i, m. an assessor 
2 or counsellor in a college. Liv. 
SyNeMMENON (avvyppevou, h. e. con- 
2 nexum), i, n. connected, as a musical 
term of sounds and strings. Vitruv. 
SyNEPHeBI {avvt<j>q0oi), orum, m. 
Youths of the Same Age; a title of a 
comedy of Statius Cscilius. Cic. 
SyNEPHITeS. See Synophit.es. 
SyNESIS (crvvcais), is, f. understanding. 
3 Hence, one of the JEons. Tortull. - 
IT Also, a connection of words accord¬ 
ing to the idea, and not according to the 
word; as, turba ruunt.— Called, also, 
synthesis. 
SyNGRXPHA {(rvyypafiy), ®, f. a writing 
whereby a creditor got security from his 
debtor for the payment of a sum of money ; 
a bond or bill signed and sealed by both 
parties, and a copy of it given to each; 
any written obligation or contract between 
two or more parties; articles of agree¬ 
ment. Cic. Facere syngraphas cum 
aliquo, to take a bill of exchange, as for a 
debt. Id. Si habuerit, unde tibi solvet. 
quod ei per syngrapham credidisti, if 
he have wherewithal to pay you what you 
took his bond for. Id. Agere ex syn- 
grapha, to go to law about a bond or 
writing. 
SyNGRaPHOS ( avyypai/ios ), i, m. a wril- 
3 ten agreement between two persons, a writ¬ 
ten contract. Plaut. -IT Also, a writing 
by means of which one can go safely any 
where, a pass, passport. Plaut. 
SyNIZeSIS (o-vi/igqcts), is, f. same as 
3 Synwresis. Scrv. 
SyNNXDA, orum, n. Cic., or, as, f. Plin., 
or SyNNXS, 5dis or ados, f. Cic. a town 
of Phrygia Major. — Hence, Synnaden- 
sis, e, adj. of or belonging to it. Cic. — 
SynnadTcus, a, um, adj. of or belonging 
to it. Plin. 
SyNSCHTTeS (avoox(rqg), ®, m. or 
SyNOCITITIS (avuox‘rts), xdis, f. a 
kind of precious stone said to be efficacious 
in raising ghosts. Plin. 37, 73. 
SyNODICOS (avvoSiicds), a, um, adj. go¬ 
ing or coming together, synodical. Jul. 
Firmic. 
SfNODiTZE (avvoSirat), arum, m. that 
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go or come together, the name of a kind 
of monks. Cod. Just. 
SyNSDoNTiTTS ( ovvoSoi/rTrig ), or 
SyA'SDoNTiTeS (avvoSovTiryg), ®, 
m. a kind of fish found in the brains of a 
fish called synodus. Plin. 
SyNODOS (avudSovs ), ontis, m. a shark. 
3 Ovid. 
SyNODSS (avvo&og), i, f. a council, assem 
3 bly, synod. Cod. Just. 
SyNCECIUM (crvvoiKiov)) ii, n. a room in 
3 which several persons live together. Pe- 
tron. 
SyNoNeT5N (avvcovriTov), i, n. a buying 
3 up, a buying several things. Cod. Theod. 
SyNoNyMIA (avvwvvpta), ®, f. sameness 
3 of meaning, a joining of words of the same 
meaning. Marc. Cap. 
SyNSPHITeS (ovvocptrris), ®, m. a Icind 
of precious stone, otherwise called <ralac- 
tites. Plin. 
SyNoPSIS (ovvoipig), is, f. a compendium, 
3 abstract, synopsis. Pandect. 
SyNoRIS (ovvwp'ig), idis, f. a yoke, a pair. 
3 Hieron. 
SyNTaGMX (avuravpa), atis, n. any 
thing put together in order. Hence, a 
treatise, discourse, book. Cic. 
SyNTaXIS (avora^ts), is, f. a putting 
together in order, construction, syntax. 
Prise. 
SyNTeCTTCOS, a, um. 2See Synteris. 
SyNTeXIS (.avorri^ig), is, f. a melting to- 
2 gether, a melting. Hence, a decrease 
of strength, a deep consumption or decline; 
a lingering disease that wastes away the 
body. — Hence, Syntecticus, a, um, adj. 
ill of consumption. Plin. 
SyNTHEMA, and SyNTHeMX (cvoSspa, 
3 or cvvSripu), atis, n. a token agreed 
upon, a mark, a watchword; a passport. 
Hieron. 
SyNTHESINOS (synthesis), a, um, adj. 
2 h. e. ad synthesin pertinens. For exam 
pie, Synthesina, sc. vestis, said to be 
used for synthesis. Sueton. J\Ter. 51. 
Synthesinam indutus. 
Synthesis (ovoSco-cg), is, f. a composi- 
3 tion or mixture of sevei-al ingredients, as 
in medicines. Seren. Sammon. — Hence, 
in grammar, Synthesis. (See Synests.) 
-IT Also, a putting together of several 
things, which belong together by fashion, 
&c. a 3 , a service of plate. Martial, sep- 
tenaria. — Also, a set or suit of wearing 
apparel. Pandect. Clua;ro, an ex nni- 
versa veste, id est synthesi, tunicas sin- 
gnlas, an et palliola eligere possil. Mar¬ 
tial. Innumeris synthesibus. Hence, 
a light robe, ft was only used at table 
or about the house. Martial. 5, 80, 2. 
It was not worn in the streets, except 
at the Saturnalia. Martial. 14, 1, 1 . 
SyNT5N0S (crovTovog), a, um, adj. sound- 
2 ing alike, harmonious. — Hence, Synto- 
num, i, n. subst. a kind of musical instru¬ 
ment, same as scabellum. Quintil. Syn- 
tonortim modi. 
SyNTROP HIUM, or SyNTRSPH! 8 N 
3 (< Tvvrp6(j)wv ), ii, n. the brambleberry- 
tree. 'Apul. 
SyNTRCSPHOS (ovvrpotpos), i, m. one that 
3 is or has been brought up with another. 
Tertull. 
SyPIIaX {Yvtpal), acis, m. a king of Hu- 
midia. — The penult of the oblique cases 
is generally long. Ovid., Propert. and 
Juvenal. But Claudian de B. Olid. 90, 
makes it short, as, Ilaurire venena, com- 
pulimus dirum Syphacen (another read¬ 
ing is Annibalem}. 
SyRaCOSIOS. See Syracuse. 
SyRaCuSTE (SupaxoCaat), arum, f. Syra¬ 
cuse, a maritime town of Sicily. — Hence, 
Syracusanus, a, um, adj. of or belong¬ 
ing to Syracuse, Syracusaii. Cic. mtn- 
s®. Id. Syracusani, h. e. the inhabitants 
of Syracuse. — Syracusi'us, a, um, adj. 
Syracusan. Cic. — Syracosius, a, um, 
adj. Syracusan. Virg. 
SYREON (unc.), i, n. a kind of herb, other¬ 
wise called tordylion. Plin. 
SyRIA CZvpia), ffi, f. a country of Asia on 
the Mediterranean, between Cilicia and 
Palestine. Plin. -IT Syria and Assy¬ 
ria are frequently interchanged, espe¬ 
cially among the poets : so also in Sue¬ 
ton. Cws. 22. Syria, for Assyria. - 
IT Syriw (plur.), also occurs. In Sext. 
Hu. 10. Antiochus is called Syriarum 
rex. 
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