A.constrain, Act. only in the pf., ἄχος, χρειὼ βεβίηκεν Ἀχαιούς, Il.10.145,172, 16.22:—Pass., to be forcibly driven, of fire, “ἀνέμῳ βιώμενον” Hdt. 1.19; “πῦρ βεβιημένον” AP9.546 (Antiphil.); “θανάτῳ βιηθείς” Hdt.7.83, cf. Hp.Mul.1.40: fut., οὐ βιήσεται (in pass. sense) will not yield to force, ib.2.132; βιωομένη (v.l. βιαζ-) Mosch.2.13.
II. freq. as Dep. (pres. imper. “βιάσθω” Parm.1.34, fut. “βιήσεται” Emp.4.6) in act. sense, “οἳ κεῖνον βιόωνται” Od.11.503, cf. 23.9, Pl.Ti.63c; ὡς εἴ ἑ βιῴατο (opt.) . . Τρῶες should press him hard, Il.11.467; βιήσατο κῦμ᾽ ἐπὶ χέρσου it forced me upon . . , Od.7.278; ψευδεσσι βιησάμενος over-reaching, Il.23.576; τότε νῶϊ βιήσατο μισθὸν ἅπαντα wronged us, deprived us of our wages, 21.451; “τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται” Simon.76, cf. Pi.N. 8.34, B. 12.200; force, ravish, “παρθένον” Hdt.4.43; drive or urge on, “βιᾶται δ᾽ ἁ τάλαινα πειθώ” A.Ag.385 (lyr.).