σύγ-χῠσις, εως, ἡ, ( συγχέω ) mixture, confusion, confounding, ἡ τῶν ἄλλων (v.l. ὅλων ) ς . Hp. Epid. 6.3.1; of Babel, LXX [Gen 11:9]; ς. ποιήσασθαι Plb. 30.22.7; ς. λαβεῖν to be commingled, Plu. 2.990a; ς. ὅρων ib.122c; ς . litterularum, Cic. Att. 6.9.1; political confusion, ς. τῆς πολιτείας ib. 7.8.4, cf. Plb. 14.5.8 . formation of a compound, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.153, al.
2. confusion, ruin, βίου, δόμων, E. Andr. 291 (lyr.), 959; ς. τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἡ νόσος Thphr. CP 5.8.1; ς. θανάτου μεγάλη ’indiscriminate mortality’ LXX [1Sa 5:6]; ς. λήψεται Epicur. Fr. 300 .
3. Gramm., of composition, confusion, indistinctness, A.D. Pron. 12.15, Synt. 24.18; opp. εὐκρίνεια, Hermog. Id. 1.4 .
4. an injury to the eye, synchysis, Dsc. 4.12, Eup. 1.33, Gal. 14.776, Aët. 7.58 .
II of persons, confusion, Luc. Nigr. 35; ς. ἔχοντες confounded, E. IA 1128; ς. ὀμματίων AP 5.129 ( Maec. ).
III of contracts and the like, violation, τῶν σπονδῶν Th. 1.146, 5.26; νόμων Isoc. 4.114 (pl.); ς. ὁρκίων Plu. Alc. 14; τὴν τῶν ὅρκων καὶ σπονδῶν ς . Pl. R. 379e .
2. confusion, SIG 684.7 (Dyme, ii B.C. ), [Act 19:29] .
G4799 — σύγχυσις
συγχύσεως, ἡ (συγχέω) (from Euripides, Thucydides, Plato down), confusion, disturbance: of riotous persons, [Act 19:29] ([1Sa 5:11]).