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σύμπας

sumpas

all together, all at once

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What it meant

σύμπᾱς · sympas — LSJ

all together, all at once

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 1(2).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 the whole, as a whole, general, sum

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 1(2).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

2 whole together, sum, universe, whole

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 altogether, on the whole, in general, in all

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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