in Rhetoric, a figure, where the same word is repeated several times in the beginning and end of a sentence, including the Anaphora and Epistrophé. Thus, "Quis legem tulit? Rullus. Quis majorem populam partem suffragis privavit? Rullus. Quis comitiis praefuit? Idem Rullus."

SYMPOSIArch, in Antiquity, the director or manager of an entertainment. This office was sometimes performed by the person at whose charge the entertainment was provided, sometimes by another named by him; and at other times, especially in entertainments provided at the common expense, he was elected by lot, or by the suffrages of the guests.

SYNÆRESIS, Contraction, in Grammar, a figure by which two syllables are united in one; as venus for vehementes.