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σύμπας

sympas

all together, all at once

Appears 269 times across Plato's dialogues.

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σύμπας, σύμπᾱσα, σύμπᾰν, Att. ξύμπας (ξύμπαντα in Od. 7.214, 14.198, though the metre does not require it):—A. all together, all at once, mostly (in Hom.always) in pl.; υἷας Ἀχαιῶν σύμπαντας Il. 1.241, etc.; σύμπασιν δʼ ὑμῖν, opp. εἷς ἕκαστος, Sol. 11.6; ξύμπαντά τʼ εἰπών A. Fr. 350.3; αἱ σ. ἡμέραι Antipho 6.44; σ. τε θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων Pl. Smp. 197e; συμπάντων κεφάλαιον IG 12.91.23; in Att. the Art. is usually added in the case of Numerals, πέντʼ ἦσαν οἱ ξ. S. OT 752, cf. X. An. 1.2.9, Pl. Prt. 317c; but also without Art., ξ. ἐγένοντο τετρακισχίλιοι Th. 1.107. II. in sg. with collective Nouns, the whole, ὁ σ. στρατός Hdt. 7.82; στρατὸς σ. S. Ph. 387; στρατῷ ξ. Id. Aj. 1055; τῷ σ. στρατῷ Id. Ph. 1257; ξ. λαός ib.1243; πόλις ξύμπασα the state as a whole, Th. 2.60, 3.62; ὁ σ. δᾶμος IG 12(1).847.15 (Lindus); τὴν σ. Ἑλλάδα Sor. Vit. Hippocr. 5; σ. ὁ φόρος IG 12.64.8; σ. ἡ πόλις Pl. R. 423d, al.; also with some other Nouns, χρόνῳ σύμπαντι Pi. O. 6.56; αἰῶνα τὸν σύμπαντα E. Hec. 757; ἡ σ. (sc. γῆ) S. Fr. 411, cf. Ar. Nu. 204; ξ. γνώμη the general scope (of a speech), Th. 1.22; σ. ἡ ὁδός X. An. 7.8.26; σ. ἀρετή, σ. πονηρία, Pl. Lg. 630b, Grg. 477c; σ. ἀριθμός Id. R. 525a; σ. κεφάλαιον IG 12.313.148; κεφάλαιον τόκου ξύμπαντος ib.324.101; τὸ σ. πλάτος Sor. 1.68, cf. 2.89; but, in Arithm., ὁ σύμπας the sum, Dioph. Polyg. 4 (c. gen., ibid.).--For the Att. position of the Art., v. πᾶς B. 2. τὸ σ. the whole together, the sum of the matter, τὸ σ. εἶπαι Hdt. 7.143, cf. Th. 7.49; the universe, Isoc. 11.12; the whole, opp. τὸ μέρος, Pl. Phdr. 246c, Arist. Top. 135a22. b. τὸ σύμπαν as Adv., altogether, on the whole, in general, Th. 4.63, Isoc. 2.17, etc.; so σύμπαντα Pl. Lg. 679e; σύμπαν in all, with numerals, POxy. 289.3 (i A.D.), etc. Cf. συνάπας.
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