μοχλεύω

English (LSJ)

(μοχλός)

   A prise up, heave, or wrench by a lever, [στέγην] Hdt.2.175; θύρετρα, πέτρους, E.HF999, Cyc.240; πέτρας Pl.Com. 67; θύρας Antiph.195.6; μόχλευσιν μοχλῷ μ. Hp.Art.74:—Pass., Arist.Mech.853a38.    2 metaph., Porph.Chr.55:—in Med., contrive, 'engineer', μηδὲν μ. κατά τινων ἄδικον J.AJ5.1.16:—Pass., of disease, to be dislodged, removed, Aret.CD1.2.