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βία , Ion. βίη [ι^], ἡ: Ep. dat.
2. personified, “Κράτος Βία τε” A.Pr.12.
3. of the mind, “οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν” Il.3.45.
b. of an argument, “βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς <τὸ> ἀποδειξαι” Phld.Sign.9.
2. βίᾳ τινός against one's will, in spite of him, A.Th.746 (lyr.), S.Ant.79, Th.1.43, etc.; “β. φρενῶν” A.Th.612; “β. καρδίας” Id.Supp.798; β. alone as Adv., perforce, Od.15.231, B.17.10, A.Pr.74, al.; “βίῃ ἐπειρᾶτο” Hdt. 6.5; opp. κατὰ φύσιν, Arist.Ph.215a1; also “πρὸς βίαν τινός” A.Eu.5; “πρὸς βίαν ἄγειν τινά” Id.Pr.210, cf. S.OT805, Eup.8.10 D., Ar.V.443, etc.; opp. ἑκών, Pl.Phdr.236d; “ἐκ βίας” S.Ph.563, al., Herod.5.58; “ὑπὸ βίης” Hdt.6.107; “ἀπὸ βίας” D.S.20.51; of Zeus, “εὐμενεῖ βία κτίσας” A.Supp.1068(lyr.).
4. = Lat. vis, βίας γραφή D C.37.31, cf. 33; “μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν” POxy.1120.11 (iii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. jyā´ jiyā´ 'preponderating power', jināti 'oppress'.)
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