creator of the universe

κτίζω (s. three next entries) 1 aor. ἔκτισα; pf. inf. ἐκτικέναι (Just., D. 41, 1). Pass.: fut. κτισθήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἐκτίσθην; pf. ἔκτισμαι (Hom.+) to bring someth. into existence, create, in our lit. of God’s creative activity (LXX, pseudepigr.; Eupolem. Hist. [II B.C.]: 723 Fgm. 2, 31 Jac. [in Eus., PE 9, 31]; Philo, Decal. 97; Jos., Bell. 3, 369; 379, Ant. 1, 27; Just.; SibOr 3, 20; IDefixWünsch 4, 1; PGM 5, 98ff) τὶ someth. 1 Ti 4:3. κτίσιν Mk 13:19. τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ the heaven and what is in it Rv 10:6. δημιουργὸν … ᾧ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἔκτισεν through whom (God) created the heavens Dg 7:2 (on the dat. s. Kühner-G. §425, 7; cp. Menand., Dyscolus 156). τὰ πάντα (Herm. Wr. 13, 17) 4:11a; D 10:3; cp. Rv 4:11b. ὁ θεὸς ὁ τὰ πάντα κτίσας Eph 3:9; Hm 1:1; cp. Hs 5, 5, 2. Pass. Col 1:16ab (cp. ἐν 4a). ὁ θεὸς κτίσας ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος τὰ ὄντα what is from what is not Hv 1, 1, 6 (cp. Iren. 4, 38, 3 [Harv. II 295, 9]). τὸν κόσμον Hv 1, 3, 4. τὸν κόσμον ἕνεκα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου m 12, 4, 2. τὰ ἔθνη Hs 4:4. τὸν λαόν Hs 5, 6, 2. τὴν οἰκουμένην 1 Cl 60:1 (cp. Ps 88:12). Pass. ἐκτίσθη ἀνήρ 1 Cor 11:9. τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κτισθέντων … καλῶς κτισθέντα Dg 4:2. στοιχείων … ἐκτισμένων 8:2. Of the Christian community imaged as transcending time πάντων πρώτη ἐκτίσθη Hv 2, 4, 1; πρὸ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης ἐκτισμένης 2 Cl 14:1 (cp. Ps 71:5). Of the angels οἱ πρῶτοι κτισθέντες v 3, 4, 1; Hs 5, 5, 3. Abs. ὁ κτίσας the Creator (Jos., Bell. 3, 354) Ro 1:25; Mt 19:4 (v.l. ποιήσας). ὁ τὰ πάντα κτίσας the Creator of the universe Hs 7:4 (PGM 13, 62 τὸν πάντα κτίσαντα; 983).—Also of the Spirit τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ κτίσαν πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν Hs 5, 6, 5.—Of the divine creative activity w. regard to the inner life: of pers. who were κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς created (by God) in Christ Jesus for good deeds Eph 2:10. In ref. to Gen 1:26f: ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν αὐτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον in order that he (Christ) might make them both (Israelites and non-Israelites) one new being (or humanity) in him vs. 15; τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ the new being, created in the likeness of God in righteousness 4:24. Corresp. τὸν νέον (ἄνθρωπον) τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατʼ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν the new being, renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator Col 3:10. ἐγενόμεθα καινοί, πάλιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κτιζόμενοι we became new, created again from the beginning B 16:8. καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί 1 Cl 18:10 (Ps 50:12). τῷ θεῷ τῷ κτίσαντι ἡμᾶς 2 Cl 15:2. Fig. ὁ … κτίσας τὸ δένδρον τοῦτο Hs 8, 2, 9 (cp. 8, 3, 2). S. on ἐκλογή, end, and Teschendorf under γίνομαι 2a.—PKatz, The mng. of the root קנה: JJS 5, ’54, 126–31.—DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

σοφισ-τής, οῦ, ὁ,

A master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of poets,

μελέταν σοφισταῖς πρόσβαλον Pi.I.5(4).28

, cf. Cratin.2; of musicians,

σοφιστὴς.. παραπαίων χέλυν A.Fr. 314

, cf. Eup.447, Pl.Com. 140; σοφιστῇ Θρῃκί (sc. Thamyris) E.Rh. 924, cf. Ath.14.632c: with modal words added,

οἱ σ. τῶν ἱερῶν μελῶν Ael.NA11.1

; of the Creator of the universe ([etym.] ὁ δημιουργός) , πάνυ θαυμαστὸν λέγεις ς. Pl.R. 596d; of cooks,

εἰς τοὺς σ. τὸν μάγειρον ἐγγράφω Alex.149.14

, cf. Euphro 1.11; οἱ τὴν ἱππείαν ς. skilled in.., Ael.NA13.9: metaph., σ. πημάτων deviser, contriver of pains, E.Heracl. 993:—then,

2 wise, prudent or statesmanlike man, in which sense the seven Sages are called σοφισταί, Hdt.1.29, cf. Isoc.15.235, Arist.Fr.5, D.61.50; of Pythagoras, Hdt.4.95; of natural philosophers, Hp.VM20; of Isocrates and Plato, D.H.Comp.25; of the Βραχμᾶνες, Arr.An.6.16.5, cf. γυμνοσοφισταί; freq. with a slightly iron. sense,

ἵνα μάθῃ σ. ὢν Διὸς νωθέστερος A.Pr.62

, cf. 944;

ψυχή.. κρείσσων σοφιστοῦ παντὸς εὑρέτις S.Fr. 101

, cf. E.Hipp. 921: prov.,

μισῶ σοφιστὴν ὅτις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός Id.Fr. 905

: of the philosophic sage, Aristid.2.311 J.

II from late v B.C., a Sophist, i.e. one who gave lessons in grammar, rhetoric, politics, mathematics, for money, such as Prodicus, Gorgias, Protagoras,

τὴν σοφίαν τοὺς ἀργυρίου τῷ βουλομένῳ πωλοῦντας σοφιστὰς ἀποκαλοῦσιν X.Mem.1.6.13

, cf. Cyn.13.8, Th.3.38, Pl.Prt.31 3c, Euthd. 271c, La. 186c, Men. 85b, Isoc.15.148, Arist.SE 165a22;

σ. ἄχρηστοι καὶ βίου δεόμενοι Lys.33.3

; but sts. even of Socrates (though he did not teach for money), Aeschin.1.173; so of Christ, Luc.Peregr.13: hence (from the ill repute of the professed sophists at Athens),

2 sophist (in bad sense), quibbler, cheat, Ar.Nu. 331, 1111, al., Pl.Sph. 268d;

γόητα καὶ σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζων D.18.276

.

3 later of the ῥήτορες, Professors of Rhetoric, and prose writers of the Empire, such as Philostratus and Libanius, Suid.;

Ἀπολλωνίδῃ σοφιστῇ PLips. 97

X 18 (iv A.D.); freq. as a title in epitaphs, IG3.625,637,680,775, 14.935.

παντοκτίστης, ου, ὁ (πᾶς [*παντ], κτίστης) creator of the universe w. παντοκράτωρ Dg 7:2.

κτίστης, ου, ὁ (s. three prec. entries; on the accent s. Kühner-Bl. I §107, 4eβ p. 392; Rob. 231; the word Aristot.+.—As designation of rulers and others of high rank: SIG 751, 2; 839, 8 [both κ., sc. τῆς πόλεως, w. σωτήρ]; IPriene 229, 4; CIG II 2572 the Rom. emperor as τῆς οἰκουμένης κ.; ins [Caracella and Geta period] in ÖJh 64, ’95, 72; of Androclus, K. of Ephesus Jos., C. Ap. 2, 39.—Also w. ref. to a deity: Diod S 5, 74, 6 Apollo κ. of the medical art; PGM 4, 591 φωτὸς κτίστα; 5, 248; 7, 963) in our lit. only of God as the Creator (hymn to Isis: SEG VIII, 549, 11 [I B.C.] the god Σοκονῶπις as κ. καὶ γαίης τε καὶ οὐρανοῦ; Herm. Wr. 13, 17; Sir 24:8 ὁ κ. ἁπάντων; 2 Macc 1:24; 4 Macc 11:5; EpArist 16; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 30 al.; SibOr, Fgm. 3, 17 al.; Ar. 15:3; Just., A II, 6, 2) 1 Pt 4:19; 1 Cl 62:2. κ. τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου Creator of the whole universe 19:2 (cp. ὁ τοῦ κόσμου κ. 2 Macc 7:23; 4 Macc 5:25; PGM 4, 1200; τὸν τῶν πάντων κ. καὶ δημιουργὸν καὶ ποιητὴν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ Iren. 1, 15, 5 [Harv. I 154, 11]; τὸν κ. καὶ ποιητὴν καὶ δημιουργὸν τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου Theoph. Ant. 3, 9 [p. 222, 14]). κ. παντὸς πνεύματος Creator of every spirit 59:3.—HWeiss, TU 97, ’66, 55–58 (cosmology); SEG XLII, 1846 (reff.).—DELG s.v. κτίζω. M-M. EDNT. TW.

χείρ, χειρός, ἡ (Hom.+); on the acc. form χεῖραν J 20:25 v.l.; 1 Pt 5:6 v.l.; GJs 15:4 23:2 s. JPsichari, Essai sur le Grec de la Septante 1908, 164–70. Exx. fr. the pap in the Hdb. at J 20:25. Dual acc. τὼ χεῖρε only Tat. 22, 1. Dat. χειροῖν ApcPt Rainer ‘hand’.

① lit. Mt 12:10; Mk 3:1; Lk 6:6, 8; Ac 12:7; 20:34 al.; AcPlCor 2:35. πόδες καὶ χεῖρες Mt 22:13; cp. Lk 24:39, 40; Ac 21:11a. W. other parts of the body in sing. and pl. Mt 5:(29), 30; 18:8ab, (9); J 11:44. In the gen. w. the verbs ἅπτομαι Mt 8:15; ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (q.v. 1); κρατέω (q.v. 3b). In the acc. w. the verbs αἴρω (q.v. 1a); ἀπονίπτομαι (q.v.); βάλλω J 20:25b; δέω (q.v. 1b); δίδωμι (q.v. 2); ἐκπετάννυμι (q.v.); ἐκτείνω (q.v. 1); ἐπαίρω (q.v. 1); ἐπιβάλλω (q.v. 1b); ἐπισείω (q.v. 1); ἐπιτίθημι (q.v. 1aα; s. New Docs 4, 248 on laying on of hands; JCoppens, L’imposition des mains dans les Actes des Apôtres: Les Actes des Apôtres, ed. JKremer ’79, 405–38); cp. ἐπίθεσις (τῶν) χειρῶν (s. ἐπίθεσις); κατασείω (q.v.); νίπτομαι (s. νίπτω 1bβ and the lit. s.v. βαπτίζω 1; also JDöller, Das rituelle Händewaschen bei den Juden: Theol.-prakt. Quartalschr. 64, 1911, 748–58); τίθημι (q.v. 1aβ); ποιεῖν: ὀπίσω τὰς χεῖρας (ὀπίσω 1aβ) and τὰς χ. ἐναλλάξ (s. ἐναλλάξ); προσφέρω (q.v. 1bβ).—In the instrumental dat. ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί (cp. Chariton 8, 4, 6; BGU 326 II, 2 al. in pap.—χείρ= handwriting as early as Hyperides in Pollux 2, 152, also Philod., π. ποιημ. 4, 33; 6, 14 Jens.; PMagd 25, 2 [III B.C.]; Jos., Ant. 14, 52) Gal 6:11; Phlm 19. ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί (i.e. γέγραπται) 1 Cor 16:21; Col 4:18; 2 Th 3:17 (on the conclusion of a letter written in the sender’s own handwriting, in pap letters as well as in the works of the Emperor Julian [Epistulae, Leges etc., ed. Bidez and Cumont 1922, nos. 9; 11], s. CBruns, Die Unterschriften in den röm. Rechtsurkunden: ABA 1876, 41–138; KDziatzko, entry Brief: Pauly-W. III 1899, 836ff; Dssm., LO 132f; 137f [LAE 166f; 171f]; s. also lit. s.v. χαίρω 2b). ἐννεύω τῇ χ. (s. ἐννεύω). κατασείω τῇ χ. (s. κατασείω 2). κρατέω τῇ χ. (κρατέω 3b). Pl. ταῖς χερσίν with the hands (Demetr. Phaler.: 228 Fgm. 38, 28 Jac. [in Diog. L. 2, 13] ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν; Diod S 16, 33, 1 τ. ἰδίαις χ. 17, 17, 7 al.; Aesop, Fab. 272 P.=425 H.; Herm. Wr. 5, 2) Lk 6:1; 1 Cor 4:12; Eph 4:28; 1 Th 4:11 (s. HPreisker, Das Ethos d. Arbeit im NT ’36); Papias (3:3).—τὸ ἔργον τῶν χειρῶν τινος s. ἔργον 3 and Rv 9:20.—W. prepositions: the hand on or in which someth. lies or fr. which someth. comes or is taken: ἐν τῇ χειρί Mt 3:12; Lk 3:17. (ἔχειν τι) εἰς τὰς χεῖρας Hv 1, 2, 2. ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα Rv 20:1. ἐπὶ χειρῶν Mt 4:6; Lk 4:11 (both Ps 90:12; s. end of this section). ἐκ (τῆς) χειρός (Diod S 2, 8, 6) Rv 8:4; 10:10. The hand by which someth. comes about: of deities θεοὶ οἱ διὰ χειρῶν γινόμενοι gods that are made by hand Ac 19:26 (cp. Just., A I, 20, 5). Of an earthly temple οἰκοδομητὸς ναὸς διὰ χειρός B 16:7.—The arm may be meant (as Hes., Theog. 150; Hdt. 2, 121, 5 ἐν τῷ ὤμῳ τὴν χεῖρα; Herodas 5, 83 ἐν τῇσι χερσὶ τῇσʼ ἐμῇσι=in my arms; Paus. 6, 14, 7; Galen, De Usu Part. 2, 2 vol. I p. 67, 1 Helmreich; Longus 1, 4, 2 χεῖρες εἰς ὤμους γυμναί) in ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε Mt 4:6; Lk 4:11 (both Ps 90:12; but s. above). Whole for the part: finger Lk 15:22.

② an acting agent, hand (of), fig. ext. of 1. In this sense the focus is on the person or thing as the source of an activity.

ⓐ The OT (but cp. Diod S 3, 65, 3 ταῖς τῶν γυναικῶν χερσί=by the women; Ael. Aristid. 45 p. 70 D.: μετὰ τῆς χειρὸς τῶν δικαίων; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 6, 29; Nicetas Eugen. 7, 165 χειρὶ βαρβάρων) has a tendency to speak of a person’s activity as the work of one’s hand; διὰ χειρός ([τῶν] χειρῶν) τινος (בְּיַד פּ׳) through or by someone or someone’s activity, at the hand of Mk 6:2; Ac 2:23; 5:12; 7:25; 11:30; 14:3; 15:23; 19:11. Also ἐν χειρί (PsSol 16:14 ἐν χειρὶ σαπρίας by corruption; cp. AscIs 2:5 ἐν χερσίν) Gal 3:19. Corresp. the hands can represent the one who is acting οὐδὲ ὐπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται nor does God need to be served by humans Ac 17:25.

ⓑ The hand of deity means divine power (Il. 15, 695; Ael. Aristid. 47, 42 K.=23 p. 455 D.: ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ θεοῦ; LXX; Aristobulus in Eus., PE 8, 10, 1; 7–9 [p. 138 Holladay]; Ezk. Trag. 239 in Eus., PE 9, 29, 14; SibOr 3, 672; 795.—Porphyr. in Eus., PE 4, 23, 6 ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἔχων ὑπὸ χεῖρα, sc. τ. δαίμονας; Ath. 33, 2 παραβαίνων τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ). S. New Docs 2, 44.

α. as Creator (Ath. 34, 1) Ac 7:50 (Is 66:2). ποίησις χειρῶν αὐτοῦ 1 Cl 27:7 (Ps 18:2). τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου Hb 1:10 (Ps 101:26; ApcEsdr 1:10 p. 25, 2 Tdf.); 2:7 v.l. (Ps 8:7). Cp. B 5:10. In connection w. the account of creation the words ἄνθρωπον ταῖς ἱεραῖς χερσὶν ἔπλασεν 1 Cl 33:4 could be taken in the lit. sense.

β. as ruler, helper, worker of wonders, regulator of the universe: χεὶρ κυρίου ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ Lk 1:66; Ac 11:21 (TestAbr A 18 p. 100, 21 [Stone p. 48]).—Lk 23:46 (Ps 30:6); J 10:29; Ac 4:28 (w. βουλή, hence almost=‘will’; cp. Sir 25:26), 30; 1 Pt 5:6 (cp. Gen 16:9); 1 Cl 60:3. ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖραν GJs 15:4.

γ. as punisher (PsSol 5:6 μὴν βαρύνῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 4, 1043a ἐν ταῖς χερσὶ τῶν θεῶν νέμεσις) χεὶρ κυρίου ἐπί σε (1 Km 12:15) Ac 13:11. ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖρας θεοῦ ζῶντος (s. ἐμπίπτω 2) Hb 10:31. Cp. 1 Cl 28:2.

δ. of the powerful hand of Christ or of an angel J 3:35; 10:28; 13:3. ἐκ χειρὸς ἀγγέλου GJs 8:1; 13:2; cp. ἀγγέλων 15:3.—σὺν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου with the help of an angel Ac 7:35.

ⓒ hostile power (Hom. et al.; LXX) παραδιδόναι τινὰ εἰς χεῖράς τινος hand over to someone(’s power) (TestJob 20:3; ParJer 1:6; s. παραδίδωμι 1b; cp. PsSol 2:7 ἐγκαταλείπειν; Jos., Ant 6, 273.—B-D-F §217, 2) Ac 21:11b; pass. Mt 17:22; 26:45; Mk 9:31; Lk 9:44; 24:7; Ac 28:17; D 16:4. Also παραδιδ. τινὰ ἐν χειρί τινος 1 Cl 55:5. τὸ αἷμα σου ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖράν μού ἐστιν your blood is in my power GJs 23:2; escape, etc. ἐκ (τῆς) χειρός τινος from someone’s power (UPZ 79, 18 [159 B.C.] ἐκπέφευγεν ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου; Gen 32:12; Ex 18:10; Jos., Vi. 83) Lk 1:71, 74; J 10:39; Ac 12:11; AcPl Ha 8, 10f; AcPlCor 1:8. ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου λύσει σε he will free you from the power of the sword 1 Cl 56:9 (Job 5:20; Mel., P. 67, 478). ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν Ac 24:6 (7) v.l. (cp. X., An. 6, 3, 4; Lucian, Hermot. 9, end). ἐξέφυγον τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ 2 Cor 11:33 (Diod S 18, 73, 4 τὰς τοῦ Σελεύκου χεῖρας διαφυγῶν). ὑπὸ χειρὸς ἀνθρώπων παθεῖν B 5:5. πίε τὸ ποτήριον … ἐν χειροῖν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἅιδου drink the cup out of the hand of the son, who is in the nether world ApcPtRainer 17f.

③ distinctive prepositional combinations: ἐν χερσίν of someth. that one has in hand, w. which one is concerned at the moment (Hdt. 1, 35 τὸν γάμον ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντος; Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 81 §342 τὰ ἐν χερσίν; Ael. Aristid. 45 p. 74 D.; PPetr II, 9 [2], 4 [III B.C.] ἃ εἶχον ἐν ταῖς χερσίν; Jos., Bell. 43 165) ἐν χερσὶν ὁ ἀγών the contest is our concern at present 2 Cl 7:1. ὑπὸ χεῖρα continually (Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 52; Jos., Ant. 12, 185) Hv 3, 10, 7; 5:5; m 4, 3, 6 (B-D-F §232, 1.—In pap we have the mng. ‘privately’, ‘little by little’: PTebt 71, 15 [II B.C.]; Gnomon [=BGU V] prooem. 2f; PAmh 136, 17).—KGrayston, The Significance of ‘Hand’ in the NT: B Rigaux Festschr. ’70, 479–87.—B. 237ff. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

συντίθημι, used by Hom. only in [voice] Med., v. infr.:—[voice] Pass. (v. infr.), but σύγκειμαι is more freq. as [voice] Pass.:—

A place or put together,

τὴν οὐρὴν καὶ τὸν σπλῆνα.. συνθεὶς ὁμοῦ Hdt.2.47

, cf. 4.67;

ὅπλα ἐν τῷ ναῷ X.HG2.3.20

;

ἅπαντα εἰς ἕν E.IT 1016

;

ἐν ὀλίγῳ πάντα Id.Supp. 1126

(lyr.);

ὁ πρῶτος συνθεὶς εἰς ταὐτὸν τὰ δύο ταῦτα βιβλίδια Gal.15.109

; σ. ἱμάτια, opp. ἀνασείειν, fold them together, X. Oec.10.11; σ. σκέλη, opp. ἐκτείνειν, Id.Cyn.5.10; opp. διαιρεῖσθαι, Pl.Sph. 252b; σ. ἄρθρα στόματος close the lips, E.Cyc. 625; εἰς τὸ οὖλον ( αυλον cod.) σ. τὴν κόμην, = calamistrat, Gloss.:—[voice] Pass., τὸ συντίθεσθαι καθ' ὁντινοῦν τρόπον ῥῖγος οὐκ ἀγαθόν ἐστι any sort of combination of shivering (with other symptoms), Gal.16.746.

2 technical uses,

a Math., add together, of numbers, Hdt.3.95 ([voice] Pass.); τό τε ἀρχαῖον καὶ τὸ ἔργον principal and interest, D.27.17, cf. 29.30: Geom., of lines and figures, Archim.Spir.Praef., Papp.70.4.

b Math. also, of the transformation of a ratio componendo, Arist. EN 1131b8 ([voice] Pass.), Euc.5.18,24 ([voice] Pass.).

c Logic, combine the terms of a proposition, Arist.Metaph. 1012a4, 1024b19 ([voice] Pass.); also, use the fallacy of composition (cf.

σύνθεσις 1.2e

), Id.Rh. 1401a24.

d Rhet., accumulate, joined with ἐποικοδομεῖν (to form a climax), ib. 1365a16.

e σ. λόγον make up an account, PHib.1.48.15 (iii B.C.).

II put together constructively, so as to make a whole, πεντηκοντέρους καὶ τριήρεας (as a bridge) Hdt.7.36; λίθους, of builders, Th.4.4, IG42(1).103.59 (Epid., iv B.C.); πλίνθους, ξύλα, X.Mem.3.1.7, etc.;

τὰ ὄστρακα IG42(1).121.82

(Epid., iv B.C.);

τὰ κομισθέντα Sor. 2.64

;

ἐκ τούτων τὰ μέγιστα.. συνθεὶς τοῦτον.. τὸν λόγον ποιήσομαι Hippias Eleus 6

D.;

συλλαβάς Pl.Cra. 424e

.

2 construct, frame,

τὸ θνητὸν γένος Pl.Ti. 69d

; ὁ συνθείς the creator, ib. 33d:—[voice] Pass., to be constructed, of the material universe, opp. διαλύεσθαι, Arist.Cael. 304b30.

b σ. τι ἀπό τινος compose or make one thing of or from another, Hdt.4.23;

τὸ ἐκ τῶν νεῶν καὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ πλῆθος συντιθέμενον Id.7.184

;

ἐξ ὧν [συλλαβῶν] τὰ ὀνόματα συντίθενται Pl.Cra. 425a

, cf. 434a;

συνθεὶς πρᾶγμα πράξει δι' ὀνόματος καὶ ῥήματος Id.Sph. 262e

; εἴδωλον οὐρανοῦ ξυνθεῖσ' ἄπο (Reiske for ὕπο) E.Hel.34: metaph.,

συντιθεὶς γέλων πολύν S.Aj. 303

; δυοῖν ἅμιλλαν ξ. strive for two things at once, E.El.95.

3 construct or frame a story,

συνθέντες λόγον Id.Ba. 297

, cf. Ar.Ra. 1052 (anap.), Pl.Phdr. 260b;

οἱ τὰς τέχνας τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες Arist.Rh. 1354a12

; narrate in writing,

τὰ Ἑλληνικά Th.1.97

, cf. 21; compose, σ. μύθους, ποίησιν, μελῳδίαν, ὄρχησιν, Pl.R. 377d, Phdr. 278c, Lg. 812d, 816c;

αἴνιγμα Id.Ap. 27a

;

ὁ τὴν ἐνθάδε συνθεὶς ἀνατομήν Gal.15.147

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. συντέθειται ib.797;

περὶ ὀλίγας οἰκίας αἱ.. τραγῳδίαι συντίθενται Arist.Po. 1453a19

.

4 Math., of the synthesis of a geometrical problem, opp. ἀναλύω, Id.SE 175a28, Papp.648.13; συντεθήσεται τὸ πρόβλημα οὕτως the synthesis of the problem will proceed thus, Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.1, cf. Apollon. Perg.Con.1 Praef., 2.44, al.

5 frame, devise, contrive, ὁ συνθεὶς τάδε the framer of this plot, S.OT 401, cf. Th.8.68;

ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς σ. ταῦτα Antipho 5.25

;

σ. λόγους ψευδεῖς Id.6.9

;

ψευδεῖς αἰτίας D.25.28

;

τὴν κατηγορίαν And.1.6

, etc.; rarely in good sense,

εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθὲν ὄψεσθε D.18.144

.

6 put together, take in, comprehend,

παιδὸς μόρον A.Supp.65

(lyr.);

ὄμνυ.. θεῶν συντιθεὶς ἅπαν γένος E.Med. 747

;

πάσας συντιθεὶς ψέγει γυναῖκας Id.Fr. 657

, cf. Hec. 1184: ἐν βραχεῖ ξυνθεὶς λέγω putting things shortly together, speaking briefly, S.El. 673.

III commit to a person's care, deliver to him for his own use or that of others, PMich.Zen.2.3,14 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.4.23, 6.11,64, 299.9, al. (iii B.C.);

γνώριζε οὐχ ὑπάρχον παρ' ἡμῖν ἀργύριον τοσοῦτο ὥστε ἱκανὸν συνθεῖναι Πυρρίχῳ PMich.Zen.28.18

, cf. 32.7, PSI4.392.7, 5.524.3, 6.613.8, 7.862.1, PLille 15.3 (all iii B.C.); τινὶ ὀστᾶ, ἐπιστολάς, πλῆθος χρυσίου, etc., Plb.5.10.4, 8.17.4, 15.25.16, cf. 27.7.1, 28.22.3, IG12(5).590.12 (Ceos, ii B.C.), 11(4).1056.4 (Delos, ii B.C., cf. Jahresh.24.171), OGI345.11 (Delph., i B.C.).

2 αὐτοὶ δ' ἔνοχοι εἴημεν τῷ ὅρκῳ ὁπηνίκ' ἂν εὖ συνθῶμεν perh. as soon as we have duly delivered (or executed) this declaration, BGU1738.32 (i B.C.);

συνθεὶς τούτους μου τοὺς λιβέλλους ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ σῇ λαμπρότητι PLond.3.1000.7

(vi A.D.).

IV collect, conclude, infer, Plb. 28.17.14, Arr.Ind.34.

B [voice] Med. συντίθεμαι, used by Hom. only in [tense] aor. 2 and in signf. 1:

I put together for oneself, i.e. observe, give heed to,

σύνθετο θυμῷ βουλήν Il.7.44

;

φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδήν Od.1.328

;

ἐμεῖο δὲ σύνθεο μῦθον 17.153

;

συνθέμενος ῥῆμα Pi.P.4.277

; and, simply, perceive, hear,

κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο Od.20.92

: in Hom. mostly abs., σὺ δὲ σύνθεο do thou take heed, Il.1.76, Od.15.318, etc.; σὺ δὲ σύνθεο θυμῷ ib.27.

2 set in order organize,

δύναμιν X.HG4.8.20

; τὰ τῆς πόλεως ib.6.1.17.

II agree on, conclude (cf. συνθήκη)

, ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φιλίην Thgn.306

; συντίθεσθαι συμμαχίην, ὁμαιχμίην τισί, Hdt.2.181, 8.140.á;

τὰς ξυνθήκας ἂς ξυνέθεντο IG12.117.4

, cf. 116.27, al.;

εἰρήνην Isoc. 15.109

; σ. ναῦλον agree upon the fare, X. An.5.1.12; ταῦτα συνθέμενοι having agreed on these points, Th.3.114, cf. Ar.Lys. 178, Plu.Alc.31;

ξυνέθεσθε κοινῇ τάδε E.Ba. 807

, cf. 808; so

τάπερ τῷ Δαρείῳ συνεθήκατο

with

D.

, Hdt.3.157;

σ. Ἴωσι ξεινίην Id.1.27

;

μισθόν τινι Pl.Grg. 520c

;

σ. τι πρός τινα Hdt.7.145

, etc.:—[voice] Pass., τοῦ συντεθέντος χρόνου agreed upon, Pl.Phdr. 254d.

2 c. inf., covenant, agree to do,

συνέθευ παρέχειν φωνάν Pi.P.11.41

(dub. l.);

σ. ἀλλήλοις μήτ' ἀδικεῖν μήτ' ἀδικεῖσθαι Pl.R. 359a

, cf. And. 4.18, Arist.Pol. 1257a35: c. inf. [tense] fut.,

ξυνέθεντο ἥξειν Th.6.65

; σ. τινί folld. by inf. [tense] fut.,

συνθέμενοι ἡμῖν.. ἀντιώσεσθαι Hdt.9.7

.β, cf. And.1.42: an inf. must be supplied in the phrases, κατὰ (i.e. καθ' ἃ) συνεθήκαντο, καθ' ὅτι ἂν συνθῶνται, etc., Hdt.3.86, Foed. ap. Th.5.18: also

σ. ὡς.. Hdt.6.84

;

ὡς δεῖ ἕκαστα γίγνεσθαι X.HG5.4.2

.

3 abs., make a covenant,

ἔβαν συνθέμενος Pi.N.4.75

(constr. uncertain in Alc.Supp.5.11): c. dat., Hdt.6.115, X.An.1.9.7, POxy.1668.12 (iii A.D.);

αὐτὸς σαυτῷ συνέθου Pl.Cra. 435a

; συνθέσθαι πρός τινα come to terms with him, Decr. ap. D.18.187, POxy.908.18 (ii/iii A.D.);

περί τινος πρὸς ἀλλήλους D.S.1.98

; also, bet, wager, Thphr. HP9.17.2, Men.Epit. 288;

πρός τινας Plu.Alc.8

.

4 vote with, support,

τούτοις Lys.Fr.68

, cf. Call.Epigr.1.14, D.H.Isoc.18, Paus. 4.15.2;

τοῖς ἀπὸ Ἡροφίλου Sor.2.53

; assent to,

πᾶσι τοῖς προκειμένοις PFay.34.20

(ii A.D.);

ἵνα μὴ δόξω συνθέσθαι τῇ τοῦ πραγματικοῦ ἀγνοίᾳ POxy.78.23

(iii A.D.).

5 conclude, infer (cf. A. IV), Stoic.2.63, Phld.Sign.2, al.:—[voice] Pass., τὰ ὕστερον -τεθησόμενα ib.28.