συμπατέω
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
A tread together, as clothes in washing, Cratin.275; trample under foot, γέννημα φρύνου Babr.28.1; σταφυλάς Gp.8.23.1: metaph., κόσμον Clearch.3; τινας OGI519.30 (Aragueni, iii A.D.):— Pass., to be trampled under foot, as by horses, etc., Aeschin.3.164, Thphr.HP8.7.5, Plb.1.34.7, J.AJ9.6.4, etc.
