OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 36797

syntagma

/sɪnˈtæɡmə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sintagma
An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
The Gospel is not a system of Theology, nor a Syntagma of theoretical propositions and conclusions for the enlargement of speculative knowledge, ethical or metaphysical.
To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots.
falange Macedónica
A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).
The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen.
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