1. a composition , of words and sentences, (Lucian)

2. a conventional agreement, convention, compact , (Plato Philosophus); ἐκ συνθήκης, ex composito, by agreement , (Plato Philosophus); κατὰ συνθήκην conventionally , (Aristotle Philosopher)

3. the article of a compact or treaty , (Thucydides):—;mostly in plural the articles of agreement , and collectively, a contract, compact, covenant, treaty , (Herdotus Historicus), attic; συνθήκας ποιέεσθαί τινι (Herdotus Historicus); ἐκ τῶν συνθηκῶν according to the covenant , (Isocrates Orator); κατὰ τὰς ς. (Thucydides) (ML)