sweep

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verb transitive

Ar. and P. κορεῖν, V. σαίρειν.

clear, reclaim: P. and V. ἡμεροῦν, V. ἀνημεροῦν (Sophocles, Fragment), ἐξημεροῦν, καθαίρειν, ἐκκαθαίρειν.

drive: P. and V. ἐλαύνειν, ἄγω, ἄγειν, συνάγειν.

overrun: P. κατατρέχειν, καταθεῖν.

sweep the strings of a musical instrument: Ar. and P. ψάλλειν (absol.), or use touch.

he swept piracy from the sea: τὸ λῃστικὸν καθῄρει ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης (Thuc. 1, 4).

did not women slay the children of Ægyptus and sweep Lemnos utterly of her men? V. οὐ γυναῖκες εἷλον Αἰγύπτου τέκνα καὶ Λῆμνον ἄρδην ἀρσένων ἐξῴκισαν; (Euripides, Hecuba 886).

sweep away: P. ἐκκαθαίρειν, V. σαίρειν.

remove: P. and V. παραιρεῖν.

sweep over: P. and V. ἐπέρχεσθαι (acc. or dat.).

verb intransitive

rush: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ὕεσθαι (rare P.), φέρεσθαι; see rush, swoop.

move slowly: P. and V. βαδίζειν (rare V.), Ar. and V. βαίνειν.

stream: P. and V. φέρεσθαι; see stream.

substantive

rush: P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ, Ar. and P. ῥύμη, ἡ, V. ῥιπή, ἡ, P. φορά, ἡ.