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|Definition=impf. [[ἐπίεζον]], Ep.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πίεζον Od.12.174, etc.: fut. πιέσω Diph.18.3; Ep. [[πιέσσω]] [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 4.146: aor. ἐπίεσα Hp.''Fract.''6, Hdt.9.63, Th.2.52, etc. (but subj. πιέξῃς Hp.''Fract.''5, inf. πιέξαι ''IG''42(1).123.116 (Epid., iv B.C.), part. [[πιέξας]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πιάξας]]) Nic.''Al.''224): pf. πεπίεκα Demetr.Lac. ''Herc.''1012.44:—Pass., fut. πιεσθήσομαι Gal.11.317 (δια-), Heliod ap. Orib.10.18.15: aor. ἐπιέσθην Od.8.336, Sol.13.37, Hdt.4.11, etc.; ἐπιέχθην Hp.''Fract.''5, etc.: pf. πεπίεσμαι Arist.''Mu.''392b33, Procl.''Hyp.''5.49, cj. in Alciphr.3.55. etc.; πεπίεγμαι Hp.''Fract.''5.—From πῐεζέω we have [[πιεζέουσι]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Id.''Fract.''31: impf. [[πιέζευν]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Od.12.174, 196; part. πιεζεῦντα Hp.''Off.''25, ''Fract.''9, πιεζεῦσαν Herod.8.47:—Pass., part. [[πιεζεύμενος]] Hdt.3.146, 6.108, 8.142 (always with [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πιεζόμενος]]), Hp.''Nat.Puer.''21, πιεζούμενος Plb.3.74.2; imper. πιεζείσθω ''IG''4.364.7 (Corinth, iv A.D.): impf. ἐπιεζοῦντο Plb.11.33.3; so in later Gr., as Plu. ''Thes.''6, ''Alc.''2, etc.; Dor., Aeol., and later Gr. πῐάζω Alcm.44, Alc.148: aor. 1 ἐπίᾰσα [[LXX]] ''Ca.''2.15, ''Ev.Jo.''8.20; ἐπίαξα Theoc.4.35, ([[ἀμφ]]-) [[Ep]]..6: Pass., fut. πιασθήσομαι [[LXX]] ''Si.''23.21: aor. ἐπιάσθην ''Apoc.''19.20: pf. πεπίασμαι ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''812 (i B. C.), Dsc.1.15, ''Hippiatr.''34:—[[press tight]], [[squeeze]], χειρὶ ἑλὼν ἐπίεζε βραχίονα Il.16.510, cf. Hes.''Op.''497; [[ἀστεμφέως ἐχέμεν μᾶλλόν τε π]]. Od.4.419; μ' ἐν δεσμοῖσι δέον μᾶλλόν τε πίεζον 12.196, cf. 164; [[π. τὰ χείλεα]] [[compress]] them, Hp.''VM''22; [[ῥύγχος εἰς ὄξος πιέζων]] Axionic.8.5; πιέζω τοὺς ὑπευθύνους = squeezing them (like figs), to try if they are ripe, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''259; σφόδρα πιέζω αὐτοῦ τὸν πόδα Pl. ''Phd.''117e; πιέζω [τὴν δεξιὰν] ἐμπαθῶς Plb.31.24.9: abs., [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.13, Arist.''Rh.''1361b17:—Pass., to [[be pressed tight]], ἐν δεσμοῖς Od.8.336, cf. Hp.''Fract.''25, al.; of wrestlers, Plu.''Alc.''2; [[πιέζεται ὅσα πόρους ἔχει κενούς]] = are [[compressible]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''386b1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[press down]] or [[weigh down]], of a heavy weight, Σικελία αὐτοῦ πιέζω στέρνα Pi.''P.''1.19, cf. Ar.''Pax'' 1032:—and in Pass., ὁ δ' ὦμος… πιέζεται Id.''Ra.''30, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.11: metaph., [[oppress]], [[distress]], π. τινὰ ἡ δαπάνη Hdt.5.35; λιμός A.''Ch.'' 250; καὶ πρὸς π. χρημάτων ἀχηνία (Abresch for [[προσπιέζει]]) ib.301; [[συμφορὰ δ'ἑτέρους ἑτέρα π]]. E.''Alc.''894 (lyr.); αὐχμὸς π. τὰς ἀμπέλους Ar. ''Nu.''1120; [[πιέζει με ἡ ἀνάγκη]] ib.437, cf. Th.2.52:—freq. in Pass., ὑπὸ νούσοισι Sol.13.37; ὑπὸ λιμοῦ Th.1.126; πολέμῳ Hdt.4.11, 6.34; τῇ νούσῳ Pherecyd. ap. D.L.1.122, cf. Th.7.47; ταῖς εἰσφοραῖς Lys.28.3; ταῖς συμφοραῖς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.20; σπάνει σίτου Id.''HG''5.4.56, etc.: abs., Hdt.7.121, etc.; of a river, to [[be exhausted]] from the heat of the sun, Id.2.25.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[press hard]], of a victorious army, τοὺς ἐναντίους Id.9.63:—Pass., [[τὴν πιεζομένην μάλιστα τῶν μοιρέων]] ib.60; εἴ πῃ πιέζοιντο Th.1.49, cf. X.''HG''2.4.34; [[ὑπό τινων]] ib.7.1.43.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bear hardly upon]], τινα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''409a; τῷ λόγῳ Plu.''Alc.''6; ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλέγχων πιέζεσθαι Phld.''D.''3.8; of a point in the argument, [[hold fast to]], Pl.''Lg.''965d; [[press]] it, Plb.3.21.3, Demetr.Lac. [[l.c.]], etc.; [[lay stress on]], Plu.2.31e: c. dat., [[insist upon]], τοῖσι περιπάτοισι Hp.''Insomn.''88.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[determine precisely]], ἀποστήματα Procl.''Hyp.''5.19, cf. 49 (Pass.); π. δεῖ πῶς ἓν ἐκεῖνο καὶ ἕτερον Porph.''Sent.''36.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[repress]], [[stifle]], ἐν θυμῷ χόλον Pi.''O.''6.37; τὸν τῦφον Plu.''Alc.''4.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[outweigh]], τἀγαθῷ τὸ δυστυχές E.''Hipp.''637, cf. ''Supp.''249 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">III</span> later, [[lay hold of]], ταῦρον… πιάξας τᾶς ὁπλᾶς, [[by]] the [[hoof]], Theoc.4.35; αὐτὸν τῆς χειρός ''Act.Ap.''3.7, cf. ''Ev.Jo.''7.30, etc.