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|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> φῑμά <span class="title">AP</span>6.312 (Anyte):—[[any instrument for keeping the mouth closed]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[muzzle]], for dogs, calves, etc., φιμὸν περιτιθέναι τινί <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>22</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>l. c., <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Si.</span>20.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[gag]]: hence, [[silencing]] by a spell, <span class="title">Tab.Defix.Aud.</span>25.13 (Curium, iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[nose-band]] of a horse's bridle, fitted with pipes, φ. δὲ συρίζουσι βάρβαρον βρόμον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>463</span>; πώλους . . φιμοῖσιν αὐλωτοῖσιν ἐστομωμένας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>326</span>; ἐμβαλῶ φ. εἰς τὴν ῥῖνά σου <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Is.</span>37.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> a kind of [[cup]], used as [[a dice-box]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Diph. 76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.7.203</span>, <span class="bibl">10.150</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[tightening]], [[constriction]] by means of ropes, Apollod <span class="title">Poliorc.</span>161.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> = [[φίμωσις]] 11.2, φ. τοὺς ἐν αἰδοίοις χαλᾷ Dsc.4.91, cf. Androm. ap. Gal.13.311; [[imperforation]] of the anus, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.44.20.72</span>. (Connected with [[σφίγγω]], [[σφιγμός]] by <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>795.21</span>.)</span>