σύμφωνος

symphonos

agreeing in sound, harmonious

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book III 1
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696c9
Book V 1
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746e2
Book VII 1
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812d7
Philebus 3
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25e1
11b6
56a3
Republic 3
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Book II 1
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380c3
Book IV 1
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441e9
Book VII 1
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531c3
Cratylus 2
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395e1
436c4
Epinomis 2
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974c5
991b2
Gorgias 1
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457e2
Laches 1
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188d5
Letters 1
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332d4
Timaeus 1
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80a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

σύμφωνος, ον, A. agreeing in sound, harmonious, Ar. Av. 221 (anap.), 659 (anap.); χορδαί h.Merc. 51; μέλος S. Ichn. 319; echoing to cries, Id. OT 421; of a musical accompanist, AP 9.584. 2. as musical term, in concord or unison with, Pl. Ti. 80a, Lg. 812d; σ. φθόγγοι Thphr. Fr. 89.7; distd. from ἀντίφωνος and ὁμόφωνος, Arist. Pr. 918b30, 921a7; distd. (as epith. of fifths, fourths, etc.) from ὁμόφωνος (of octaves, double octaves, etc.) and ἐμμελής (of smaller intervals), Ptol. Harm. 1.7; τὸ σ., = συμφωνία, Pl. Phlb. 56a. 3. τὰ σ. consonants, D.T. 631.12, A.D. Pron. 11.2, al., Heph. 1.1, etc. 4. having the same speech, Philostr. VA 5.36. II. metaph., harmonious, in harmony or proportion, τίνες σ. ἀριθμοί, καὶ τίνες οὔ Pl. R. 531c; σ. φοραί Arist. de An. 406b31; ὁ βίος σ. τοῖς λόγοις πρὸς τὰ ἔργα Pl. La. 188d; of a person, σ. ἑαυτὸν κατασκευάσαι κατὰ τὸν βίον Plb. 31.25.8; τὸ σ. harmonious order, Arist. Mu. 396b8. 2. harmonious, agreeing, friendly, ἡσυχία Pi. P. 1.70; δεξιώματα S. OC 619; σ. τινί in harmony or agreement with, σ. αὐτὰ αὑτοῖς Pl. R. 380c; σύμφωνα οἷς ἔλεγες Id. Grg. 457e; σ. τῷ ὀνόματι Id. Cra. 395e, cf. 436c, Gal. 16.790 (Comp.); ἡδοναὶ . . σ. τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λόγοις Pl. Lg. 696c, cf. Thphr. CP 6.11.14; esp. concordant, of theory with observed fact, Id. Ign. 61; σ. τοῖς φαινομένοις Epicur. Ep. 2p.52U.,Nat. 11.10 (Comp.), al. (and so Adv., -νως τοῖς φ. Id. Ep. 2p.36U.); rarely with πρός, as πρὸς ἀρετήν, Pl. Ep. 332d; σταθμοῖς καὶ μέτροις συμφώνοις ποτὶ τὰ δαμόσια IG 5(1).1390.100 (Andania, i B.C.): c. gen., ὅσα τοῦ γένους ἐστὶ τούτου σύμφωνα Pl. Phlb. 11b; ἐγένετο πᾶσι σύμφωνον περί τινος they were agreed, Plb. 23.4.8; σ. ἐστί τινι πρός τινα Id. 6.36.5: rarely of persons, σ. γενέσθαι περι τινων Id. 18.9.5; σ. εἶναί τισι Id. 30.8.7; of planets, in harmony, Vett. Val.37.25. Adv. -νως Pl. Epin. 974c, D.S. 15.18, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 49.555, 58.86; τινι D.S. 1.98, cf. LXX 4 Ma. 14.6; σ. ἔχειν τινί Ptol. Geog. 1.17.2. 3. Pass., agreed upon, σ. ὅροι D.S. 5.6; σύμφωνον καὶ ὁμόλογον ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑπὲρ τῆς πανηγύρεως OGI 444.1 (Ilium, i B.C.); ἐκ συμφώνου BGU 917.8 (iv A.D.), Cod.Just. 8.10.12; κατὰ τὸ γεγονὸς σύμφωνον πρὸς Διογένην TAM 2.119 (Lycia). III. σύμφωνος, ἡ, = συμφωνιακή II, Aret. CD 2.5; name of a cough-mixture used by Antonius Musa, Gal. 13.61.

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