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ἐπισφίγγω

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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1098a18
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Transliteration A: episphíngō Transliteration B: episphingō Transliteration C: episfiggo Beta Code: e)pisfi/ggw

English (LSJ)

   A bind tight, tighten, κημούς Ph.1.698; νάρθηκας (splints) Gal.18(2).398; πέδιλα ἐ. τοὺς πόδας Luc.Am.41 ; ἐ. τινὰ πήχεσι in the arms, AP5.242 (Maced.); ἐ. τοὺς ἀναγωγέας tie the shoe-strings tight, Ath.12.543f; μοσχεύματα Gp.10.12.3: metaph.,shut up tightly, [θησαυροὺς] κακῶν Ph.1.108 ; ἐ. τὴν ἀμφισβήτησιν complicate it, opp. λύειν, S.E.M.2.96 ; also ἐ. τὴν νήτην screw it tighter, tune the instrument, Ael.VH9.36 : metaph., 'screw up', intensify, ὀδύνας (ὠδίνας cod.) Ph.1.680.

German (Pape)

[Seite 988] daran-, daraufbinden, anschnüren, Ath. XII, 543 f; πήχεσί τινα, fest umschlingen, Macedon. 4 (V, 243); πέδιλα ἐπισφίγγοντα τοὺς πόδας, zusammenpressen, Luc. am. 41; ἀμφισβήτησιν, Ggstz λύειν, Sest. Emp. adv. rhet. 96; – τὴν νήτην, die Saite straffer anziehen, stärker anschlagen, Ael. V. H. 9, 36.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπισφίγγω: σφίγγω, πέδιλα… τοὺς πόδας ἐπισφίγγοντα Λουκ. Ἔρωτ. 41· κόρην... εἶχον ἐπισφίγξας πήχεσιν ἡμετέροις, εἶχον τὴν κόρην σφιγκτὰ εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας μου, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 243· χρυσοῖς τε ἀνασπαστοῖς ἐπέσφιγγε τῶν βλαυτῶν τοὺς ἀναγωγέας, τῶν σανδαλίων τοὺς ἱμάντας, Ἀθήν. 543F· ἐπ. τὴν ἀμφισβήτησιν, περιπλέκειν, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ λύειν, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 2. 96· τὴν νήτην ἐπίσφιγξον σφίγξον ἔτι μᾶλλον τὴν χορδήν, ἐπὶ μουσικοῦ ὀργάνου, Αἰλ. Ποικ. Ἱστ. 9. 36.