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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[constrain]], Act. once in Hom., ἦ μάλα δή με βιάζετε Od.12.297; ἐβίασε τὴν γυναῖκά μου Alc.Com.29: abs., <b class="b3">εἰ πάνυ ἐβίαζον</b> = [[if they used force]], Hp.''Epid.''2.24; cf. infr.1.2:—Pass., fut. βιασθήσομαι Paus. 6.5.9: aor. ἐβιάσθην, pf. [[βεβίασμαι]] (v. infr.):—to [[be hard pressed]] or [[be overpowered]], βελέεσσι βιάζεται Il.11.589; <b class="b3">βιάζετο γὰρ βελ</b>. 15.727; βιασθέντες λύᾳ Pi.''N.''9.14; νόσῳ Ar.''Fr.''20 (= ''Trag.Adesp.''70); to [[be forced]] or [[be constrained]] to do, c. inf., Id.''Th.''890: c. acc. cogn., βιάζομαι τάδε S.''Ant.''66, cf. 1073; βιασθείς Id.''El.''575; ἐπεὶ ἐβιάσθη Th.4.44; ὑπό τινος Id.1.2; opp. [[ἀδικεῖσθαι]], ib.77; βιασθεὶς ἄκων ἔπραξεν D.6.16; ἵνα ἢ συγχωρήσωσιν… ἢ βιασθῶσιν Id.18.175; βιαζόμενος ὑπό τινος ἐξήμαρτεν Antipho 4.4.5; [[βεβιασμένοι]] = [[forcibly made slaves]], X.''Hier.''2.12; <b class="b3">πόλεις βεβ</b>. Id.''HG''5.2.23: βιαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς παρούσης ἀπορίας Th.7.67; [[τὸ βιασθέν]] = [[those who are forced]], Arist.''Pol.''1255a11; of things, <b class="b3">τοὔνειδος ὀργῇ βιασθέν</b> [[forced from one]] by [[anger]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 524; <b class="b3">τὸ βεβιασμένον</b> [[forced]] to fit a hypothesis, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1082b2; <b class="b3">βεβ. σχήματα</b> [[forced]] figures of speech, D.H.''Th.''33, cf. Porph.''Antr.'' 36.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Act., [[make good]], [[suffice to discharge]] a [[debt]], ''PFlor.''56.13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. [[βιάζομαι]], aor. Med. [[ἐβιασάμην]], pf. βεβίασμαι D.19.206, Men.''Sam.''63, D.C.46.45:—[[overpower by force]], [[press hard]], ἦ μάλα δή σε βιάζεται ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς Il.22.229, etc.; <b class="b3">β. τοὺς πολεμίους</b> [[dislodge]] them, X.''An.''1.4.5; <b class="b3">β. νόμους</b> to [[do]] them [[violence]], Th. 8.53; <b class="b3">βιασάμενος ταῦτα πάντα</b> [[having broken through]] all these [[restraint]]s, Lys.6.52; <b class="b3">βιάζω γυναῖκα</b> [[force]] her, Ar.''Pl.''1092; opp. [[πείθειν]], Lys.1.32; <b class="b3">βιάζω αὑτόν</b> [[lay violent hands on]] oneself, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''61c, 61d; <b class="b3">βιάζω τινά</b>, c. inf., [[force]] one to do, X.''An.''1.3.1; <b class="b3">τί με βιάζεσθε λέγειν</b>; Arist. ''Fr.''44: with inf. omitted, <b class="b3">β. τὰ σφάγια</b> [[force]] the [[victim]]s [to [[be favourable]]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.41; β. ἄστρα Theoc.22.9: c. dupl. acc., αὐδῶ πόλιν σε μὴ β. τόδε A.''Th.''1047.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[carry by force]], <b class="b3">βιάσασθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν</b> [[force]] an [[exit]], Th.7.72; τὴν ἀπόβασιν Id.4.11: c. acc. neut., And.4.17, X.''HG''5.3.12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[act with violence]], [[use force]], A.''Pr.'' 1010, ''Ag.''1509 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1160, etc.; πρὸς τὸ λαμπρὸν ὁ [[φθόνος]] βιάζεται ''Trag.Adesp.''547.12; opp. [[δικάζομαι]], Th.1.77; <b class="b3">β. διὰ φυλάκων</b> [[force one's way]], Id.7.83; <b class="b3">β. ἐς τὸ ἔξω, β. εἴσω</b>, ib.69, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.69; δρόμῳ β. Th.1.63: c. inf., β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν Id.7.79; <b class="b3">βιαζόμενοι βλάπτειν</b> = [[using every effort]] to [[hurt]] me, Lys.9.16; but <b class="b3">βιαζόμενοιμὴ ἀποδιδόναι</b> refusing with [[violence]] to [[repay]], X.''HG''5.3.12: especially in part., <b class="b3">ἵνα βιασάμενοι ἐκπλεύσωσι</b> may [[sail out]] [[by forcing their way]], Th.7.67; συνεξέρχονται βιασάμενοι X.''An.''7.8.11; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι β.</b> (of a [[famine]]) [[grow worse and worse]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.94.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[contend vehemently]] or [[argue vehemently]], c. inf., Pl.''Sph.''246b; <b class="b3">β. τὸ μὴ ὂν ὡς ἔστι κατά τι</b> ib. 241d: abs., [[persist in assertion]], D.21.205.