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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[press]], [[squeeze]], [[press]] [[tight]], Hom., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[press]] or [[weigh]] down, of a [[heavy]] [[weight]], Pind., Ar.: metaph. to [[oppress]], [[straiten]], [[distress]], Hdt., Aesch., etc.—Pass. to [[suffer]] [[greatly]], Hdt., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[press]] [[hard]], of a [[victorious]] [[army]], Lat. [[premo]], τοὺς ἐναντίους Hdt.:— Pass., εἴ πη πιέζοιντο Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[repress]], [[stifle]], Pind.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[later]] to lay [[hold]] of, ταῦρον πιάξας τᾶς ὁπλᾶς by the [[hoof]], Theocr.; αὐτὸν τῆς χειρός NTest.