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Symaethum, i, n., or Symaethus i, m., = Σύμαιθος, a river and town situated upon it on the east coast of Sicily, near Catina, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89; Sil. 14, 231; 9, 410; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 584.
Hence,

  1. A. Sȳ̆-maethĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Symæthus, Symæthian: flumina, Verg. A. 9, 584: heros, i. e. Acis, son of the nymph of the Symæthus, Ov. M. 13, 879.
    As subst.: Symaethĭi, ōrum, m., the dwellers on the Symæthus, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
  2. B. Symae-thēus, a, um, adj., Symæthian: aquae, Ov. F. 4, 472.
  3. C. Symaethis, ĭdis, f., Symæthian: nympha, Ov. M. 13, 750.

† symbŏla (sumb-), ae, f., = συμβολή, a contribution of money to a feast, a share of a reckoning, one’s scot, shot, = collecta (ante- and post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: sumbolarum collatores, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 13; id. Stich. 3, 1, 28: sumbolam dare, id. ib. 3, 1, 34; so Ter. And. 1, 1, 61: aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeeo In hunc diem, ut de sumbolis essemus, id. Eun. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 59.
  2. II. Transf., of blows: sine meo sumptu paratae jam sunt scapulis sumbolae, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 22; and of entertaining topics of conversation, Gell. 6, 13, 12.

symbŏlĭcē, adv. [symbolum], figuratively, symbolically (post-class.): appellare, Gell. 4, 11, 10.

† symbŏlus, i, m. (symbŏlum, i, n.,

  1. I. v. infra), = σύμβολος or -ον, a sign or mark by which one gives another to understand any thing, a token, symbol (mostly anteand post-class.): per symbolos pecunias capere, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad Antonin. 1, 2 fin.: anulum Graeci a digitis appellavere: apud nos prisci ungulum vocabant: postea et Graeci et nostri symbolum, i. e. a signet, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10: miles hic reliquit symbolum, Expressam in cerā ex anulo suo imaginem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 53 sq.; 2, 4, 26 sq.; 2, 2, 4; 4, 7, 15; 4, 7, 106; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 29; 2, 3, 51; Just. 2, 12, 1.
    Neutr.: eorum quae pacta sunt symbola, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 9: istic symbolum’st, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 53.
  2. II. = symbola, q. v.: vacantes potibus et dantes symbola, Vulg. Prov. 23, 21.

* Symē, ēs, f., = Σύμη, an island of the Ægean Sea, between Rhodes and Cnidos, Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133; Mel. 2, 7.

Symmăchus, i, m., Q. Aurelius, a consul and prefect of Rome towards the end of the fourth century, distinguished as an orator and author of Epistulae in ten books, still extant; cf. Macr. S. 5, 1, § 7; Sid. Ep. 1, 1; Amm. 21, 12, 24; Aus. Ep. 17.
Hence, Symmăchĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Symmachus: illud dictum, Sid. Ep. 8, 10.

† symmē̆trĭa, ae, f., = συμμετρία, proportion, symmetry (cf. congruentia), Vitr. 1, 2; Plin. 34, 8, 19, §§ 58 and 65; 35, 10, 36, § 67.
Plur., Vitr. 1, 3 fin.

† symmē̆tros, on, adj., = σύμμετρος, symmetrical: qualitas eurythmiae, Vitr. 1, 2.

† symmysta, ae, m., = συμμύστης, a fellow-priest, colleague in the priesthood, App. Mag. p. 310; Hier. Ep. 58, 11; 66, 9; Schol. Juv. 6, 533.

† sympasma, ătis, n., = σύμπασμα; in medicine, a powder for sprinkling over the body, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 38, 218 al.

† sympăthīa, ae, f., = συμπάθεια, a feeling in common, sympathy, Varr. ap. Non. 458, 24; Vitr. 1, 1 fin.; Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 84; 28, 9, 41, § 147; 37, 4, 15, § 59 (by Cic. written as Greek).

† symphōnĭa, ae, f., = συμφωνία, an agreement of sounds, concord, harmony, symphony.

  1. I. Lit., sing.: cum symphonia caneret, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105; 2, 5, 13, § 31; id. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Liv. 39, 10, 7; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 10, 29, 43, § 84; Sen. E 12, 8; Hor. A. P. 374.
    Plur., Cic. Cael. 15, 35; Cels. 3, 18 al.
    Of a signal in war, Prud. ad Symm. 2, 527.
  2. II. Transf., in late Lat., a kind of musical instrument, Isid. Orig. 3, 22 fin.; cf. Hier. Ep. 21, 29.

symphōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., = συμφωνιακός.

  1. I. In gen., of or belonging to concerts or to music: pueri, i. e. singingboys, choristers, Cic. Mil. 21, 55: servi, id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: homines, id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64: artes, Arn. 2, 73.
  2. II. Herba, a plant, called also hyoscyamos, henbane, Pall. 3, 12. 8; Veg. 3, 68; App. Herb. 4.

† symphyton, i, n., = σύμφυτον.

  1. I. Wallwort, comfrey, boneset, Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41.
  2. II. A plant, called also helenion, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 108.

Symplēgădes, um, f., = Συμπληγάδες (that strike together).

  1. I. Two rocky islands in the Euxine that, according to the fable, floated about dashing against and rebounding from each other, until at length they became fixed on the passage of the Argo between them, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 92; 6, 12, 13, § 32; Ov. M. 15, 338; Hyg. Fab. 19.
    In sing. Symplegas, Val. Fl. 4, 221; Luc. 2, 718; gen. Symplegados, Val. Fl. 5, 300; acc. Symplegada, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 30.
  2. II. Transf.: symplēgas, ădis, f.; as an appellative, a joining together, cohesion: praebente algam densi symplegade limi, Rutil. Itin. 1, 461.
    Of the buttocks, Mart. 11, 99, 5; Aus. Epigr. 108, 8.

† symplegma, ătis, n., = σύμπλεγμα (a twining together), a group of persons embracing or wrestling, Plin. 36, 5, 4, §§ 24 and 35.
In mal. part., Mart. 12, 43, 8; Arn. 7, 239.

† symplŏcē, ēs, f., = συμπλοκή (an interweaving); gram. t. t., a figure of speech where the same word is often repeated (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 5, § 534.

† sympŏsĭăcus, a, um, adj., = συμποσιακός, of or belonging to a banquet, convivial, symposiac: quaestiunculae, Gell. 6, 13 tit. (al. sympoticae).
Subst.: Sympŏ-sĭăca, ōrum, n., the writings of Plutarch entitled Symposium, Gell. 4, 11, 13; 17, 11, 6.

† Sympŏsĭum, ii, n., = Συμπόσιον (The Banquet), the title of one of Plato’s dialogues, Gell. 1, 9, 9; Quint. 8, 4, 23; Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.
A dialogue of Xenophon, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.

sympŏtĭcus, a, um, adj., = συμποτικός, convivial: quaestiunculae, Gell. 6, 13 tit.

† sympsalma, ătis, n., = σύμψαλμα, a playing together of music, Aug. in Psa. 4, 4; Isid. Orig. 6, 19.