ξυμβολῇ (xymbole)

ξυμβολῇ is an Ancient Greek form of συμβολή, meaning “meeting, clash”. It is the nominative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of συμβολέω, “meet; fall in with”. It is the 2nd person singular present middle/passive subjunctive.

Found 43 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 6.15.2: … ς καὶ ἐκ τῶν τάξεων ὅσοι ἐς φυλακὴν τῆς χώρας ἱκανοὶ ἐφαίνοντο, πόλιν τε ἐνταῦθα κτίσαι ἐκέλευσεν ἐπʼ αὐτῇ τῇ ξυμβολῇ τοῖν ποταμοῖν, ἐλπίσας μεγάλην τε ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἐπιφανῆ ἐς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ νεωσοίκους ποιηθῆναι.

Hippocrates, De capitis vulneribus 2: … ρκὶ, καὶ ὁ πλεῖστος ἐγκέφαλος ὑπὸ τῷ βρέγματι κεῖται. τῶν δὲ ἄλλων τὸ κατὰ τοὺς κροτάφους ἀσθενέστατόν ἐστιν· ξυμβολή τε γὰρ τῆς κάτω γνάθου πρὸς τὸ κρανίον, καὶ κίνησις ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ κροτάφῳ ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὥσπερ ἄρθρου· καὶ ἡ ἀκ …

Procopius, De Bellis 2.18.11: εἰ μὲν οὖν ἄγχιστά που τῆς πόλεως ἡ ξυμβολὴ εἴη, οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ ἀντιπάλου ἡμῖν τε καὶ Πέρσαις ὁ ἀγὼν ἔσται.

All forms of συμβολή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.