στύφω

English (LSJ)

Hp.Int.14, etc.: aor. inf.

   A στύψαι Hsch.:—Pass. (v.infr.):—contract, draw together, τὴν κοιλίην στύφεσθαι becomes costive, Hp.Aër.7; στῦψαι πλάδον Aret.CA1.1; esp. of an astringent taste, χείλεα στυφθείς having his lips drawn up by the taste, AP9.375; δέρμα ἐστυμμένον, i.e. made watertight, Gal.12.846; mix with στυπτηρία, PMag.Leid.V.6.18; aor. 2 part. Pass. στυφέντα in this last sense, PHolm.24.13 (στυφόεντα cj. Lagercrantz): metaph. of sounds, φωναὶ στύφουσαι τὴν ἀκοήν, opp. διαχέουσαι, D.H.Comp.15.    2 in dyeing, treat fabrics, etc., with a mordant, Lysis ap.Iamb.VP17.76; στῦψον τῇ ἰσάτι prepare it by a preliminary dyeing with woad, PHolm.21.42; στύφει [τὴν ἄγχουσαν] fixes alkanet, ib.15.18.    3 intr. in Act., στύφει κατ' ὀλίγον τὸ οὖρον gradually diminishes, Hp.Int.14.    II intr., to be astringent, Arist.Pr.863b17, Philonid. ap. Ath.15.675e, Dsc.1.116,118, Sor. 1.81, Gal.6.68, Hices. ap. Ath.7.321a.    2 metaph., to be harsh, austere, gloomy, Them.Or.27.339a, cf. Hsch. s.v. [[στύψαι. [ῡ]], Nic.Al. 278, cf. 375 (ἐν-) ; ῠ to be assumed in στυφέντα (s.v.l.).]

German (Pape)

[Seite 960] zusammenziehen, dicht, fest, hart machen, bes. vom zusammenziehenden, herben Geschmack, χείλεα στυφθείς, dem die Lippen durch Säure zusammengezogen sind, Ep. ad. 386 (IX, 375). – Auch intrans. von zusammenziehendem, herbem Geschmack sein, Strab. XI, 518; Diosc. u. a. Sp.