1. a coming together, meeting, joining , (Xenophon Historicus): the juncture of two parts, the end , Lat. commissura, (Herdotus Historicus)

2. in hostile sense, an encounter, engagement, battle , (Herdotus Historicus)

3. = συμβόλαιον II, a contract, covenant , (Aristotle Philosopher); in (Aristophanes Comicus) Ach. there is a play on signfs. II and III, encounter and accounts, charge and charges.

4. in plural, συμβολαί were contributions for a common meal, πίνειν ἀπὸ συμβολῶν, like de symbolis(Terentius Grammaticus Latinus) entertainment itself, a picnic , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)