σφύζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. σφύσδω, only pres. and impf.:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[throb]], [[beat violently]] (cf. [[σφυγμός]]), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>2.5.16</span>, <span class="bibl">2.6.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Judic.</span>33</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[beat]], of the pulse, σ. τὸ αἷμα ἐν ταῖς φλεψί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>521a6</span>; [[πηδῶσα]] <b class="b3">οἷον τὰ σφύζοντα</b> like [[the veins]] or [[arteries]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>251d</span>; [[μέρος]] [ἐμβρύου] μήτε θερμὸν μήτε σφύζον <span class="bibl">Sor.2.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of any violent motion, σφύζοντος καὶ σφαδᾴζοντος καὶ πηδῶντος <span class="bibl">Longin.<span class="title">Rh.</span> p.201</span> H., cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>221</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἐπὶ ταῦτα</b> [[to be very eager]] after... Anon. ap.Suid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> prob. f.l. in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>19.6</span>.</span>