ἐκθλίβω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ],

   A squeeze out, Arist.HA578b4, 626a20, Epicur.Ep.2p.50U., Nic.Al.626:—Pass., Arist.HA522a20 ; to be forced from one's position, Plu.Sull.19.    2 Pass., to be crowded, cramped, of troops, X.An.3.4.19.    3 squeeze, press, σταφυλήν LXX Ge.40.11 :—Pass., aor. 2 part. ἐκθλῐβείς Dsc.1.112.    b squeeze out, Arist.Mete.342a9 (Pass.).    4 Gramm., elide a letter at the beginning or end of a word, οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε εὑρέσθαι τὸ ῡ -όμενον A.D.Conj.228.17, cf. D.H.Dem.43.