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ἐπισύρω [υ_],
A.drag or trail after one, “τὼ πόδεD.L.1.81 ; “χλαμύδα λαμπράνPosidon.36 J.:—Med., “ποδήρεις χιτῶναςLuc.VH2.46 ; φελλούς ib.45 ; “φόρτονPorph.VP25 ; “γυναῖκαςJ.BJ4.1.10 : —Pass., crawl or creep along,ἐπὶ τῆς γῆςX.Cyn.5.13, cf.Ael.NA2.23 ; to be drawn over, rub against,μήνιγγιHeliod. ap. Orib.46.19.2 ; to be trailed on the ground, Ph.2.148 ; to be protracted, Just.Nov.42.1.2.
2. draw gently,τὸ πνεῦμαAlciphr.3.12.
3. Med., draw over oneself,δέρμα αἰγόςLongus3.24.
b. draw up by friction, Steph.in Gal.1.326D.
4. Pass., to be impeded in movements, Aret.SD1.7.
II. c. acc., do in a slovenly, careless way, slur over, evade intentionally, τὰ πράγματα Lys,26.3 ; “τὰς πράξειςPlb.29.12.6 ; “γραφήνD.H.1.7 (v.l. ὑπο?̓ ; βίον Jul.Gal.43b (Pass.) : abs., “ἐπισύροντες ἐροῦσιD.20.131 ; “ἐπισύρων γέγραφαJul.Ep.4 ; “. ἐν ταῖς πράξεσιto be negligent, M.Ant. 8.51 ; “καταφρονεῖν ὧν οὐκ οἶδεν καὶ ἐπισύρεινPorph.Abst.2.53 : in this sense freq. in pf. part. Pass., slurred over, neglected, Plb.16.20.3 ; τὸ -μένον [τῶν λέξεων] Phld.Rh.1.49 S. ; “γράμματα ἐπισεσυρμέναslovenly, hastily written, Luc.DMeretr.10.3 ; φθέγγεσθαι . τι καὶ συνεχὲς καὶἐπίτροχονId.Nav.2 ; χρέμπτεσθαι . Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.20 ; . καὶ ῥυπαρός slovenly and dirty, of a man, D.L.1.81 ; . ἤθη lax morals, Procl.in Prm.p.553S. Adv. “ἐπισεσυρμένωςcarelessly, Epict.Ench.31, Sch.Ar.Ra.1545.
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    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 1545
    • Demosthenes, Against Leptines, 131
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 4.1.10
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 5.13
    • Polybius, Histories, 16.20.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 29.12.6
    • Epictetus, Enchiridion, 31
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 2), 1.7
    • Lucian, Navigium, 2
    • Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 10.3
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 1.7
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 2.23
    • Marcus Aurelius, M. Antonius Imperator Ad Se Ipsum, 8.51
    • Longus, Daphnis & Chloe, 3.24
    • Julian the Emperor, Contra Galilaeos, 43b
    • Julian the Emperor, Epistulae, 4
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