σύστρεμμα

A. anything twisted up together: hence,

1. globe, ball, ἐξ ἐρίου Sor. 2.87; ἐρίου ibid., Orib. Syn. 9.55.1; ἐκ σχοινίου Hsch. s.v. σπεῖον; συστρέμματα round drops of water, Arist. Mu. 394a32.

2. body of men, crowd, concourse, Plb. 1.45.10, 35.4.14; band, company, Id. 4.58.4, LXX 2 Ki. 4.2, al.; esp. corps of 1024 lightarmed (= 2 ξεναγίαι), Ascl. Tact. 6.3, Ael. Tact. 16.3, Arr. Tact. 14.5; of ἔφηβοι, IG 22.2047 (συνστ‐), al.: whence συστρεμματάρχης, ου, ὁ, title of 4 ἔκτακτοι attached to an ἐπίταγμα τῶν ψιλῶν (cf. ἐπιξεναγός), Ascl. Tact. 6.3, Arr. Tact. 14.6, Ael. Tact. 16.4, IG 22.3749; and συστρατηγ‐αρχέω, IG 22.2127 (συνστ‐), 2197, al.

3. tumour, Hp. Prorrh. 2.41, Epid. 2.3.12, Gal. UP 8.8, etc.

b. concretion in the motions, Hp. Epid. 4.52, Antyll. ap. Orib. 8.6.21, Gal. 16.762.