συνουσία

A. being with or together, esp. for purposes of feasting or conversing, social intercourse, society, Hdt. 6.128, A. Eu. 285, S. OC 647, etc.; κομψὸς ἐν συνουσίᾳ Ar. Nu. 649; ς. τινός intercourse with one, σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῶν σοφῶν ξυνουσίᾳ S. Fr. 14; γυναικῶν ς. (with a play on signf. 4) Ar. Ec. 110 = Trag.Adesp. 51; ἡ τοῦ θείου ς. communion with . ., Pl. Phd. 83e; τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ by long intercourse with it, S. Ph. 520; προϊούσης τῆς ς. as the conversation goes on, Pl. Tht. 150d; ς. ποιεῖσθαι hold conversation together, Id. Sph. 217e, Smp. 176e, al.; τὴν ς. διαλῦσαι Id. La. 201c: pl., Isoc. 4.45, Pl. Phd. 111b, al.; ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν, = οἱ ξυνόντες θῆρες, S. Ph. 936.

2. οὐ λόγοις . . , ἀλλὰ τῇ ξυνουσίᾳ but by habitual association, constant resort, Id. OC 63.

3. intercourse with a teacher, attendance at his teaching, μισθὸς τῆς ς. X. Mem. 1.2.60, cf. 6.11; ἡ πρὸς Σωκράτην ς. αὐτοῖν their intercourse with him, ib.1.2.13; ἡ περὶ γράμματα ς. τῶν μανθανόντων Pl. Plt. 285c; ἡ σὴ ς. intercourse with you, Id. Prt. 318a.

4. sexual intercourse, Democr. 32, Pl. Lg. 838a, X. Cyr. 6.1.31 (v.l.), Epicur. Fr. 62, etc.; ἡ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς ς. Pl. Smp. 206c (interpol.); ἀνδρῶν X. Oec. 9.11; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας ς. Arist. Pol. 1269b27; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων ς. Pl. Smp. 192c; ἡ τῆς παιδογονίας Id. Lg. 838e; of animals, copulation, Arist. HA 630b35, al.; cf. σύνειμι(εἰμί sum) 11.2.

II. in concrete sense, a society, company, party, Hdt. 2.78 (pl.), Pl. Smp. 173a, Lg. 672a; ἡ ἐν οἴνῳ ς., = συμπόσιον, Id. Lg. 652a; αἱ ἐν τοῖς πότοις ς. Isoc. 1.32; πότοι καὶ ς. Id. 15.286; αἱ σοφαὶ ξυνουσίαι literary parties, conversazioni, Ar. Th. 21; εἰς τὰς ς. . . παραλαμβάνουσι τὴν μουσικήν Arist. Pol. 1339b22.