s y
N
88 1
s y
R
prc\'ided
j
fome times
by
anothcr n,¡m!d
by
him; 2nd at
other timcs, cf?cci ,tI!y in
t:nteHainlUentS
provided
al
the
COOlmon cxpcncc:, he: \Vas cJcéled
by
lot, or
by
lhe
fuf·
f,, ~cs
01
, he gUtas.
SYMPTOM, in medicine, anY 'ppearance in a dife,fe,
whlch renes
lOindic¡llC
oc
pelot
OUt lls caufe,
approach,
durluoD,
evento
6 cI
SYMí'TOM .'\TI CAL , in m,dicine, i, • term of,en uCed
ro denote: {he ddfercncé bctwc:c:n the primary and
{econ~
ddry
cauCes
in
dl(c:~Jcs :
{hus
a
reHr
trom paio 1$
Caid
10
be rymptomatical, bc.c,,"ufe
it rifes from
pain ooly .
SYNlERESIS, conlr,élion, in i rammar, a figure \vhereby
two fyl!ables are
uni[~d
in
on~ ;
as
f)(IIUnJ
foc vdumens.
SYNAGOGUE, a.partieular .(fembly of Jew, me< 'o per–
form ,he offices of their rcligion. Alfo ,he place wherei.
,hey meel.
SYNALOEPHA, in grammar, a eontr.élio". of fyllable.,
performed prineipally by fupprefling fome vowcl or diph–
tbong
al
the cDd of a word, on aceount
oC
aoolher
vowcl
or diphlhong at ,be be::inning of ,he nexl. As
¡II'
<go,
for
i!I<
'lO,
&e.
SYNARTHROSIS, in aoatomy. See ANATO " V, p. ' 48.
SYNCHON DItOSIS, io analomy. S.. ANA'rOM
T ,
p. '48.
SYNCHRON I S~l,
deoo,es ,he happeoing of feveral thiogs
in the (ame time.
SYNCOPATION, in
mur.ck, denotes a rlrikiog or bea,–
ing of time, whe reby lhe di!iiDélioDof lhe
fueral
times
or paru of the
meafure
is
interrupted.
SYNCOPE, "'INTI NG ,
iD
medicioe, a deep and fud den
fwoon,ng. whcrein lhe patient continuu wíthout any fen·
6ble hear, motion, (enfe, or
refpiralion,
and is feizcd
with a
~old
fwen oYer Ihe whole body, and .11 Ibe parto
to. o pole OIld cold as if dead. See
MEO
' CINE, p. 'S1.
SYNCOPE,
in grammar, ao clífion
Or
retrencbment
of a Jet·
ter or fyllable ou' of ,be middle of a word, as
ca/duJ
for
CAlidul .
SYNDlC
r in governmenr
and commerce,
3n
officcr in di·
ven
c9.1.Jn~r¡es
intruned with
the.aff..irs of a
CilY,
or other
commur.iIY,
who calls
meetings, Alakes reprerentalions
and foliciulions la
lhe
mi nillry. magillracy,
6 c.
accord·
in2, 'o rhe exi¡ cncy of .he
cafe.
SYN DROME, a word iotroduced ioto medicine by tbe
empIne!',
who
mean
by
il a
concourfe
of
fymptoms.
SYNECDOCH E, in rho<orie, a kiod of Irope, frequeol
among
orator!
and
paeu . 1"here are three
kinds uf fy–
net
doches.
By
the
firlt ,
a part is IAken for [he whole
j
as the
POiOl
'or ,he
fwo rd,
the
roof (o,
lhe
houCe, the
fails for tbe Ib.p,
Ó c.
By the fecood, ,he whole i, ufed
for a
parto
By
Ihe
Ihird,
the maller whereof the lhiog
i.
made is ufed for ,he ,niog itfelf; as aecl for
Cwo.d,
filver for money,
Ó c.
T o whicb
OI ••
y
~e
.dded anolher
Id nd, 'wbeo lhe fpeoie. i. ufed for ,he
g~ous,
or ,he &e–
OUI
for the
fpecies.
SVN ECOOCHE, in
Greek
and
L:\tin
gr~mmar,
is when the
ablalive of
4l
p~rt
or an adjunét of
il
[entence
is c1unged·
into
the
accuratíve.
\SYNECPHONESIS, io grammar, • co.litioo whereby two
fyllable. are
prooounc.edas_.ooc.
SYNGENES IA, io bonoy. Sce BOTANY , p.635 '
SYNNEUROSIS, in ao",omy. Sec A NATO"V, p. 148.
SYNOCHU S. or S VNO CHA, in mcd;';i ne, • eon.inual lc-
Ter,
wlthout
any
remiflion.
8te
M EDI CItIE,
p. 79.
SYNOD, in allronomy, a conj unélioo, or ecncourfe of
I IVO
or more r1:ars, cr pl:\n!fS, in
Ihe ftime
o( ticJ.1
place of die
heavens.
S V': oo.
'igni5es
alfo
a
meeting.
or afi''!'mbl y of tcckGal1i.
cal pel reos, cooccrnlOUmanas of rellf ion .
SYNOD ,\LS,
were
pecuoiary
re nlS,
commonly
of
t\'lO
fhdling~,
p.ndto lhe
bHhop,
or archdC:j{con, ;H Ihe time
of
Iheir
Ean~r
vifil iltion.
by
cvery
parilh prien.
SYNODI CAL. Com« hiog
bdongio~
10
a íy"od : ,h.. ry–
nodical
epiHles are circular
tener!
wrinen
by
Ihe
fynods
tO
che abrent
prel ates and churchts, or c\'en
chofe gene–
ral ones direéled 'o all the faith fúl, ' o inform them of
what had p¿(fed io Ihe fynod.
S,YNOECIA, in Geecion aOliquity, a feaa celebraled
al
AtiJens, in
nlemory
of Theleus's having united
aH the
petty communilies of Attíca into one {¡r.gle commonweahh,
the
(eH
whcrcof
W2S
Alhcns, whcre
'all
Ihe::
.dremblies
werc
to
be held. This feaft was
dedic.ued
lO
'Mlnerva ;
and, aecording to ,he fcholiaH ofThucydides, it was held
in
the month Metagitlilion.
SYNONYMOUS, i, applied
10
a word or lerm l)la, has ,he
{ame
impon
or IignificatioD wilh anolher.
.
SYNOVIA, io medicine, a ' ernl ufed by Parcelfus, lod
his
echool,
for
the
nutricioys
juice
proper 2nd
peculiar
to
cach pan; thus they talk
of
the fynov,a
of lhe
joiots ,
of the brain,
Óc.
SYNTAX, io grammar, ,he proper eoorlruélion, or due '
di{pcfiuoo of
lhe
words
of a
language,
into
fcntencc.s,
oc
phr.tfes. See
G a AMMA R.
SYNTEXIS,
in medicine, an attenuation, or colliquation
of Ibe folids of ,he body. fuch as frequently happens in'
atrophies,
infl.~mru~tions
of the
bOVlels.
SYNTHETIC , or SYNTHETICAL , Is, according
10
Dr.
Shaw,
a term
given
10
thu
pan
of
chemifiry, whlch,
af·
ter
lhe analytical chemillry
h~s
takeo bodies
10
pieces,
or reduceo Ihem to thetr principIes. can, from
lhefe fe·
parated principies, either reeompound the fame body
3·
gaiD,
or,
from lhe
mDuures
of
[he prinCipies of one
or
more .bodies in various manners; form :\
la,
ce
fet
of ncw
produétions, which wOI:ld
have becn unknown
tO
the world
bu, for ,hi. art : fuch produ[hoo, ale braody, foap,
gl.fs, .
and ,he like.
SYNU SIAST S, a fea of heretics, who maintained, ,hal
Ihere
\ll,,"S
but oee nature and one {ingle
fu bllance
in Je.
fus Chrifl.
SYRACU SE, a ci,y .nd porl-towo of Sicily, io. the pro–
vioee of Val de Noto, r.t. aled
bn
a fine bay of ,he Me–
diterrane:,o
re~,
,on
Ihe
e¡,ft coan
of Ihe iO,wJ :
in E .
loog . ISO S', N . lato 37° 2S'·
SYRt A, • pa" of Ar.,tic Turk y, houllded by Natoli. and
T urcamania,
00
the north;
by
Diarbec or McCopotamla
00
,he earl; by Ar.b.. and P alcrline on Ihe fouth; and
by Ilie L evant-fea on the \Verl . T he Tu,ks divide Syri.
ioto
three begle:rbcglies, or
vice-royahics,
viz ,
thofe
of
Alerro, Tripoli, ano D.m.fcus, or Scham, the Cea" of
lhe refpellive
viccloys.
SYRINGA, io botany, • genus of Ihe di,odria
monogyni~
c1. fs.- The coroll. confi ll. of four fegmeo", .od ,he
capfulc has twO
eclls.
Thcre are
l WO
fpecies, both na·
t¡,'es of
Pcdi,¡,
SYR INGE, a well koowo ioarumenl, (crviog
10
iOlhibe or
luck
in
a
~u:lntity
of
fluid, aad
10
fquirt
or
cxpel
lhe '
fame with vlolt:nce.
A
fynn!jc
is only a {ingle pump, and
lhe
water
a~ccn('s .
;0