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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[shape like a wedge]], <span class="bibl">Gp.17.19.4</span>:—Pass., [[to be cloven with a wedge]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>853a27</span>; <b class="b3">κλίνη χρυσῷ ἐσφηνωμένη</b> [[inlaid]], <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Asin.</span>53</span> codd. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[fix by means of a wedge]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>107.14</span>:—Pass., [[to be wedged in]], εἰς τὸ μέσον <span class="bibl">Plb.27.11.4</span>; [[to become fixed like a wedge]], <span class="bibl">Sor.2.55</span>, Gal.6.179. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[plug up]], [[close up]], <b class="b3">τρήματα σπόγγοις</b> Sch. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>462</span>; τοῖς μότοις Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134:—Med., <b class="b3">τὸ πρόθυρον σφήνου</b> [[close]] the vestibule, <span class="title">AP</span>5.40 (Rufin.):—Pass., f.l. in Dsc.5.31; ὅταν σφηνωθῇ ἡ ὀπή <span class="title">Gp.</span>9.10.4; <b class="b3">σφηνοῦνται τὰς κεφαλάς</b> [[they catch a cold]] in the head, <span class="bibl">Cass.<span class="title">Pr.</span>25</span>; <b class="b3">σφηνωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν</b>, of [[obstruction]], Anon. ap.Suid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[torture]], [[rack]] (v. <b class="b3">σφήν</b>), Plu.2.498d.</span>