συμπιέζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(for <b class="b3">-πιάζω</b> v. infr.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[press]] or <b class="b2">squeeze together, grasp closely</b>, τὰς τρίχας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>89b</span>; τι ταῖς Χερσί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>247c</span>; σ. τὸ στόμα <span class="bibl">Ephipp.6.3</span>, cf. Plu.2.58od (prob.); σ. Χείλεα Χείλεσι <span class="title">AP</span>5.127 (Marc. Arg.); τὸ ἔλαττον σ. τὸ πλέον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>929b39</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be squeezed up</b>, opp. <b class="b3">διέλκεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.7</span>; σ. τὰς ἀκοάς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>904a21</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κοιλία σ. ταῖς πλευραῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">964b3</span>; <b class="b3">συμπιασθῆναι</b>, of the body, <b class="b2">to be pinched in, grow lean</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.68</span> (but, <b class="b2">to be fattened up</b>, from <b class="b3">συμπιαίνω</b>, acc. to Littré): aor. Pass. subj. 3pl. συμπιεχθῶσιν αἱ δίοδοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>9</span>; of an army, συνεπιέζετο τὰ μέσα <span class="bibl">D.C.36.49</span>.</span>