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διασφίγγω

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: diasphíngō Transliteration B: diasphingō Transliteration C: diasfiggo Beta Code: diasfi/ggw

English (LSJ)

   A bind tight, ζώναις τὴν κοιλίαν Erasistr. ap. Gell.16.3.8, cf. Antyll. ap. Orib.7.9.3, Aret.SA1.5:—Pass., [σώματα] κατὰ τὸ μέσον διεσφιγμένα narrow-waisted, Eun.Hist.p.234D.; also σφραγῖσι χρυσοδέτοις δ. ib.p.255 D.; dub.l. ib.p.261 D.

German (Pape)

[Seite 605] durch-, festschnüren, bei Gell. N. A. 16, 3.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

διασφίγγω: σφίγγω ἰσχυρῶς, δένω σφικτά, Ἀρετ. π. Αἰτ. Ὀξ. Παθ. 2. 2.

Spanish (DGE)

1 sujetar c. ac. del cuerpo o partes de él y dat. instrum. ζώναις ... τὴν κοιλίαν Erasistr.284, δεσμοῖς τὰ κάτω ... μέρη Paul.Aeg.3.61.3, cf. 6.88.8, sólo c. ac. τὰ κατάρχοντα μέλεα Aret.SA 1.5.3, en v. pas. δεσμοῖς οἱ πόδες διασφιγγέσθωσαν Paul.Aeg.3.6.2, cf. AB 36.12
en perf. pas. estar sujeto τὰ σώματα ... κατὰ τὸ μέσον διεσφιγμένα Eun.Hist.37, σφραγῖσι χρυσοδέτοις διεσφιγμένοι Eun.Hist.62.2.
2 abs. sujetar con un vendaje εἰ μὲν κατωτέρω τοῦ μυὸς παντὸς ... διασφίγγοιμεν Antyll. en Orib.7.9.3.
3 fig. sujetar, constreñir ταῖς ἀλύτοις ἀνάγκαις ... τὸν λόγον Gr.Nyss.Eun.3.7.17, cf. Apoll.206.29.
4 medic. estrechar, obstruir πνεύματι βιαίῳ ... πόρους por efecto de la gota, Luc.Trag.19.

Greek Monolingual

διασφίγγω (AM)
σφίγγω γερά, δένω σφιχτά.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

δια-σφίγγω dichtsnoeren.