σύνεσις
σύνεσις, Att.
ξύνεσις,
εως,
ἡ,(
συνίημι)
A). uniting, union,
πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν Od. 10.515 (with
ξυν- metri gr.).
2). metaph., with allusion to foreg. signf. and signf.
11 ,
χωρὶς ἕκαστος εἰς τὸ φρονεῖν ἀσθενής, συμβάλλων δὲ εἰς ἓν πᾶς ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ καὶ τῇ ὡς ἀληθῶς συνέσει τὸ φρονεῖν ἐγέννησε καὶ εὗρε Plot. 6.5.10 .
II). faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity,
Democr. 77 ,
Th. 2.62 ,
3.82 , etc.;
οἰκείᾳ ξυνέσει Id. 1.138 , cf.
Pl. Cra. 412a ,
Phlb. 19d ,
Arist. EN 1143a17 ,
D. 18.127 ,
Ev.Luc. 2.47 ,
Gal. 6.457 , etc.; hence of animals,
ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει .. ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων Pl. Mx. 237d :—Phrases,
ὅστις γε σύνεσιν ἔχει Hdt. 2.5 ,
7.49 ;
ἀρκεῖν ξυνέσει E. Tr. 674 ;
ξ. καὶ σοφία Id. HF 655 (lyr.);
φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ.
Pl. Cra. 411a ;
ς. λαβεῖν, of children,
Arist. EN 1161b26 ;
μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως (
= αἰσθήσεως)
Democr. ap.
Thphr. Sens. 71 ; also with qualifying words added,
ς. φρενῶν Pi. N. 7.60 ;
γνώμης ξ.
Th. 1.75 ;
ς. πολιτική Arist. Pol. 1291a28 ;
ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ς.
Id. HA 588a23 ;
ἡ ὑμετέρα ς. as form of address,
Sammelb. 7433.6 (v A.D.).
V). decision, decree, IG 5(1).1390.112 (Andania, i B.C.). (Plato (
Cra. 412a ) derives
σύνεσις 11 from
συνιέναι (
σύνειμι)
come together, neglecting the unwritten aspiration (
συνἱέναι); but the form and signfs. point to
συνίημι 11 ,
perceive, apprehend, cf.
Arist. EN 1143a17 .)
ShortDef
comprehension, understanding
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Headword (normalized):
σύνεσις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
συνεσις
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σύνεσις</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">ξύνεσις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">συνίημι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">uniting, union</span>, <span class="quote greek">πέτρη τε ξύνεσίς τε δύω ποταμῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:515" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.515/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.515 </a> (with <span class="foreign greek">ξυν-</span> metri gr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., with allusion to foreg. signf. and signf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>, <span class="quote greek">χωρὶς ἕκαστος εἰς τὸ φρονεῖν ἀσθενής, συμβάλλων δὲ εἰς ἓν πᾶς ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ καὶ τῇ ὡς ἀληθῶς συνέσει τὸ φρονεῖν ἐγέννησε καὶ εὗρε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:5:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 6.5.10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">faculty of quick comprehension, mother-wit, sagacity</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 77 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.62 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> 3.82 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">οἰκείᾳ ξυνέσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.138 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:412a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:412a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 412a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:19d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:19d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 19d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1143a:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1143a.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1143a17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.127 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 2.47 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.457 </span>, etc.; hence of animals, <span class="quote greek">ὃ [ζῷον] συνέσει .. ὑπερέχει τῶν ἄλλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:237d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:237d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mx.</span> 237d </a> :—Phrases, <span class="quote greek">ὅστις γε σύνεσιν ἔχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.5 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.49/canonical-url/"> 7.49 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀρκεῖν ξυνέσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:674" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:674/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 674 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ξ. καὶ σοφία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:655" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:655/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 655 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">φρόνησίς τε καὶ ξ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:411a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:411a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 411a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. λαβεῖν</span>, of children, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1161b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1161b.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1161b26 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μοῖραν ἔχειν συνέσεως </span>(<span class="etym greek">= αἰσθήσεως</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003:71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sens.</span> 71 </a>; also with qualifying words added, <span class="quote greek">ς. φρενῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 7.60 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γνώμης ξ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.75 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. πολιτική</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1291a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1291a.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1291a28 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:588a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:588a.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 588a23 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ὑμετέρα ς</span>. as form of address, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sammelb.</span> 7433.6 </span> (v A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. gen. objecti, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">intelligence in</span> a thing, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sagacity in respect to</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:412c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:412c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 412c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">περὶ τῶν παρόντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.97 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conscience</span> = <span class="ref greek">συνείδησις, ἡ ς</span> . (sc. <span class="foreign greek">μ’ ἀπόλλυσι</span>) <span class="quote greek">· ὅτι σύνοιδα δείν’ εἰργασμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 396 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:632" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:632/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 632 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:43:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:43:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.43.13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a branch of art</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">science</span>, <span class="foreign greek">οἱ περὶ τὴν ς. ταύτην</span>, i.e. music, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1342b:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1342b.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1342b8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knowledge</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄγνοια</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:410b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:410b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 410b3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decision, decree,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 5(1).1390.112 </span> (Andania, i B.C.). (Plato (<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 412a </span>) derives <span class="quote greek">σύνεσις</span> <span class="bibl"> 11 </span> from <span class="foreign greek">συνιέναι </span>(<span class="etym greek">σύνειμι</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come together</span>, neglecting the unwritten aspiration (<span class="etym greek">συνἱέναι</span>); but the form and signfs. point to <span class="quote greek">συνίημι</span> <span class="bibl"> 11 </span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">perceive, apprehend</span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1143a:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1143a.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1143a17 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}