SYNOECIA, in Grecian antiquity, a feast celebrated at Athens in memory of Theseus's having united all the petty communities of Attica into one single commonwealth; the feast whereof was at Athens, where all the assemblies were to be held. This feast was dedicated to Minerva; and, according to the scho-
Synonymous. scholiast of Thucydides, it was held in the month Metagittion.
Syracuse. SYNONIMOUS, is applied to a word or term that has the same import or signification with another.