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σύγχυσις

σύγχυσις, a commixture, confusion

σύγ-χῠσις, εως, ἡ, (συγχέω)
  • 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. Bruta anim. 2.990a; σ. ὅρων ib. Cons.Apoll. 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.

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