συσφίγγω
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
A bind close together, τοὺς ἀγκῶνας Herod.5.25; συσφιγχθεὶς χεροῖν τένοντας APl.4.199 (Crin.); τὸ λόγιον LXX Ex.36.29 (39.21); gird up, τὴν ὀσφύν ib.3 Ki.18.46; grasp, ἄκροις δακτύλοις τὸ προβόλιον Procop.Gaz.p.167 B.; cf. σύσφιγμα.
