synthesis

synthĕsis, is, f., = σύνθεσις (a putting together).

• In medicine, a mixture, compound, Ser. Samm. 30, 578; 61, 1069. —
• II A set or service of plate, Mart. 4, 46, 15; Stat. S. 4, 9, 44.—
• III Lit., a set of wearing-apparel, suit of clothes, Dig. 34, 2, 39; Mart. 2, 46, 4.—
• • B Transf., a kind of loose, easy garment worn at table, a loose gown, dressing-gown, Mart. 5, 79, 2; 1, 1, 1 (Suet. Ner. 52: synthesina vestis); cf. Becker, Antiq. vol. 3, p. 124 sq.

synthesis, is, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f. (σύνθεσις, die Zusammenfügung), I) als mediz. t.t. = die Zusammensetzung, Mischung, rein lat. compositio, Ser. Samm. 578 u. 1072. – II) die Verbindung mehrerer zusammengehöriger Geschirre, der Aufsatz, das Tafelgeschirr, calicum atque caccaborum, Stat. silv. 4, 9, 44: septenaria, Mart. 4, 46, 15. – III) der Inbegriff der Kleider, die zusammen angezogen werden, der Anzug, a) eig., Scaev. dig. 34, 2, 38. § 1. Mart. 2, 46, 4. – b) übtr., ein leichtes Obergewand als Hauskleid, das leichte Hauskleid, -Nachtkleid, -Tischkleid, Mart. 5, 79, 2. Act. fratr. Arv. a. 91 (Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 2068) II, 8: am Saturnusfeste auch auf der Straße getragen, Mart. 14, 1, 1; vgl. Blümner Römische Privataltertümer S. 219.

synthesis [CL < σύνθεσις] 1 (gram.) placing together (of words or clauses, esp. in transposed or disordered manner). sinthesis est hyperbaton ex omni parte confusum, ut ‥ ‘tempore consilium sed puerile brevi’. male separatur necessitate metri hoc substantivum ‘tempore’ ab hoc adjectivo ‘brevi’ Gerv. Melkley AV 82; synthesis, antithesis, conceptio, zeuma, prolemsis / gaudent grammatice subdere colla jugo Neckam DS X 45; prima appositio sic diffinitur ‘sinthesis sc. sive appositio immediata est dictionum ad idem propositum pertinencium immediata et intransitiva conjunctio’ Bacon XV 43. 2 (as subdivision in study of grammar) composition. sed nec apud veteres confunditur ordo legendi / ‥ / grammaticam sequitur diasyrtica, synthesis illam, / lexis eam, rhesis posteriore gradu J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 359; sintesis [v. l. sintasis; gl.: grammatica] et lexis fugiunt a sepe repexis Garl. Mor. Scol. 545.

synthĕsis, is, f. (σύνθεσις), ¶ 1 collection, réunion de plusieurs objets de nature analogue : Stat. S. 4, 9, 44 ; Mart. 4, 46, 15 ¶ 2 composition [dʼun médicament] : Samm. 29, 573 ; 60, 1064 ¶ 3 synthèse [sorte de vêtement de dessus pour les repas] : Mart. 5, 79, 2.

synthesis , is. f.
文相關。席衣。堆之盆。復合爲一理。

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SYNTHESIS

SY´NTHESISThe synthesis was a costume specially made for wearing at dinner, and was also known as vestis cenatoria (στολὴ δειπνῖτις) or cenatorium alone. It seems, from the other uses of the word synthesis, to have been a suit rather than a single garment, and was apparently easily put on and off, for we hear of dandies wearing several changes of attire at the same dinner (Mart. 5.79, 2). It was most in vogue during the Saturnalia (Mart. 14.1, 1, &c.); and it cannot have been altogether a fashion of the times of the Empire, for the Arval brothers wore it at their feasts (Acta, 27 [Mai, 218, 219], 17 [Mai, 241]). In their case, as befitted a solemn festival, the synthesis was white; but for ordinary occasions green (Mart. 10.29, 4), purple (Petron. 30), and other bright colours (Mart. 2.46) were preferred. (Marquardt, Privatleben, pp. 322, 371; Iwan Müller, Handbuch, pp. 875, 928; Becker-Göll, Gallus, 1.15.)

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Synthĕsis

The Romans found the toga an inconvenient garment to wear while reclining at meals, and as the tunic alone was not considered suitable, they devised the synthesis, or vestis cenatoria, for use at such times. We know nothing of its form or appearance, except that it was a short and easy garment, of various colors, and was changed often during a feast by men of fashion (Mart. v. 79, 2). The same garment was usually worn at the Saturnalia (Mart. xiv. 11). The word is also applied to a collection of similar articles of dress of any kind, as a synthesis tunicarum (Mart. iv. 46). See cena.