σύγχυσις

εως, ς, ἡ

συγχέω

A. mixture, confusion, confounding, ἡ τῶν ἄλλων (v.l. ὅλων)ς. Hp. Epid. 6.3.1; of Babel, LXX Ge. 11.9; ς. ποιήσασθαι Plb. 30.22.7; ς. λαβεῖν to be commingled, Plu. 2.990a; ς. ὅρων ib.122c; ς. litterularum, Cic. Att. 6.9.1; political confusion, ς. τῆς πολιτείας ib.7.8.4, cf. Plb. 14.5.8.
b. formation of a compound, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.153, al.
2. confusion, ruin, βίου, δόμων, E. Andr. 291 (lyr.), 959; ς. τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἡ νόσος Thphr. CP 5.8.1; ς. θανάτου μεγάλη 'indiscriminate mortality' LXX 1 Ki. 5.6; ς. λήψεται Epicur. Fr. 300.
3. Gramm., of composition, confusion, indistinctness, A.D. Pron. 12.15, Synt. 24.18; opp. εὐκρίνεια, Hermog. Id. 1.4.
4. an injury to the eye, synchysis, Dsc. 4.12, Eup. 1.33, Gal. 14.776, Aët. 7.58.
II. of persons, confusion, Luc. Nigr. 35; ς. ἔχοντες confounded, E. IA 1128; ς. ὀμματίων AP 5.129 (Maec.).
III. of contracts and the like , violation, τῶν σπονδῶν Th. 1.146, 5.26; νόμων Isoc. 4.114 (pl.); ς. ὁρκίων Plu. Alc. 14; τὴν τῶν ὅρκων καὶ σπονδῶν ς. Pl. R. 379e.
2. confusion, SIG 684.7 (Dyme, ii B.C.), Act.Ap. 19.29.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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