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symphōnĭa , ae, f., = συμφωνία,
I.an agreement of sounds, concord, harmony, symphony.
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.—
II. Transf., in late Lat., a kind of musical instrument, Isid. Orig. 3, 22 fin.; cf. Hier. Ep. 21, 29.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.9.3
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.105
    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 15.35
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 374
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.84
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 10
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 12.8
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.18
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