Bible Lexicons

συστροφ-ή, ἡ,

twisting together, ς. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, Pl. Plt. 282e.

2. turning round, v.l. (ap. Plu. 2.891e) in Placit. 2.29.3, for συντροφή.

3. condensation, density, Arist. Pr. 964a18.

4. pl., dealings, converse between men, Epicur. Sent. 33.

5. metaph. of style, terseness, concentration, D.H. Dem. 18, Th. 53, Demetr. Eloc. 8; ἐν συστροφῇ concisely, PMag.Lond. 46.25.

II that which is rolled into one mass: hence, 1 collection, gathering, πλήθεος ς. Hdt. 7.9. ά; seditious meeting, concourse, Plb. 4.34.6, Acts 19:40; κατὰ συστροφάς in knots, D.H. 5.31, etc.; μετὰ συστροφῆς in close array, D.S. 11.8; also, swarm of bees, LXX Jd. 14.8 (v.l.); flock of birds, Artem. 2.20; of other things, ς. δρυῶν D.Chr. 1.52.

2. physical mass, aggregate, in pl., Epicur. Ephesians 1 pp.25,28 U.; esp. morbid collection or deposit of tubercles, Hp. Art. 41; αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους ς. chalk-stones, Dsc. 1.30; ς. νεύρων a complication of nerves or sinews, Id. 5.117, Eup. 1.229; χάριν τοῦ.. τὰ νεῦρα καθάπερ ἐκ ς. τινος ἁπλοῦσθαι Sor. 1.101; συστροφαὶ νοσημάτων Hp. Acut.(Sp.)4; tumour, Plu. 2.664f, Gal. 15.773, Hp. ap. eund.19.143.

3. twisted grain in wood, Thphr. HP 5.2.3, 5.5.1.

4. συστροφή, with or without ὄμβρου, a sudden storm of rain, Plb. 3.74.5, 11.24.9; ς. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος, whirl wind, Phryn. 374, Thphr. Vent. 34, LXX Hosea 4:19; νέφη καὶ ς. Antig. Mir. 40.

5. of stars, νεφελοειδὴς ς., = nebula, Heph.Astr. 1.3, cf. Ptol. Tetr. 149 (pl.), Alm. 7.5, al.