Anc. Gr. Mus. [a. Gr. συναφή connection, junction, f. σύν SYN- + ἄπτειν to fasten, fix.] The ‘conjunction’ of two tetrachords (see CONJUNCT B. 6): opp. to DIAZEUXIS.
1801. Busby, Dict. Mus.
1898. Stainer & Barrett, Dict. Mus. Terms, 205/2. After new lyres had been made to carry eight strings the entire octave was included upon the instrument. The old system of tuning the lyre [with seven strings] was then called Synaphe or Conjunction,… and the new, or octave, system was called Harmonia.
