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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[contract]], ἡ γαστὴρ συναγαγοῦσα.. ἑαυτὴν καὶ συσπειράσασα Gal.''UP''4.7:—Med.and Pass., [[shrink up]], [[contract]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 206d; of skin and flesh, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.15.3.<br><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., ἡ ἀμέρεια σφίγγουσα καὶ -ῶσα Procl.''Inst.''86; ἐν ἑαυτῷ συνεσπειραμένον Dam. ''Pr.''138; εἰς αὐτὰ τὰ χρήσιμα συσταλέντας καὶ -αθέντας Plu.2.828c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Med. and Pass., of soldiers, to [[be formed in close order]] (v. [[σπεῖρα]] II), [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.6, ''An.''1.8.21, etc.; <b class="b3">σ. ἐπὶ τὴν Μουνιχίαν</b> [[march in close order]] to... Id.''HG''2.4.11; οἱ ἐχθροὶ -σάμενοι Eun.''VS''p.488 B.; of bees, περὶ τὸν βασιλέα συνεσπειραμέναι Arist.''HA''625b8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Med. and Pass., [[coil]] or [[be coiled up]], σ. ὡς καθευδήσων Plu.2.77e; <b class="b3">σ. εἰς ἑαυτό</b>, of the wood-louse, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.3.6; πλόκαμος συνεσπειραμένος Luc.''Nav.''2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[wrap up]], (ὁ σκύλαξ) <b class="b3"> γᾷ συνεσπείρασεν</b> (τὸν σῦν) [[wrapped]] him in earth, i.e. laid him low, ''PCair.Zen.''532.21 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[tie up together]], [[bunch together]], <b class="b3">βελόναις συνεσπειραμέναις κατακεντήσας</b> with [[a bunch of]] needles, Paul.Aeg.4.5.