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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bind tightly all round]], <b class="b3">βοὸς οὐρᾷ τὸν αὐχένα π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.3.33</span>; κύκλος οὐρανοῦ π. πάντα <span class="bibl">Ph.1.227</span>; χεῖρα σπατάλῃ <span class="title">AP</span>6.74 (Agath.) ; δεσμῷ… Ἅρηα περισφίγξας Ἀφροδίτῃ <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>5.585</span>; [[apply closely]], of a cupping-instrument, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.10</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>3.7.4</span>; τῷ πυφμένι -έσφιγκται σωλήν <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.13</span> : abs., [[contract]], [[shrink]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>15</span>; π. τοῖς ἱδρῶσι τοὺς λινοῦς <span class="bibl">Sor.1.83</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[tighten up]], [[make more stringent]], νόμον <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>46</span> <span class="title">Praef.</span></span>