A.“-συ^ρῶ” Hsch. :—Pass., pf. παρασέσυρμαι and aor. 2 παρεσύρην [υ^] (v. infr.) :—sweep away, carry away, of a rapid stream, [Κρατῖνος] πολλῷ ῥεύσας ποτ᾽ ἐπαίνῳ διὰ τῶν ἀφελῶν πεδίων ἔρρει καὶ τῆς στάσεως παρασύρων ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς κτλ. sweeping the oaks from their stations, Ar.Eq.527 ; “τοῦ ῥεύματος ἡ ὀξύτης πολλοὺς . . παρέσυρε” D.S.17.55 : metaph., of orators, τῷ ῥοθίῳ τῆς φορᾶς . . ἅπαντα . . π. Longin.32.4 :— Pass., to be swept away, “τῇ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ φορᾷ” Ph.1.223 : metaph., “εἰς ἑτέραν παρασύρεσθαι τέχνην” Chor.Lyd. 17(21), cf. Anon. in EN418.21 ; π. ὑπὸ τῶν ὅπλων to be swept into rebellion, Them.Or.7.93c ; ἐκ λήθης π. Tz.H.9.751.
2. π. τῶν νεῶν τοὺς ταρσούς sweep off the oars of the ships by brushing past them, Plb. 16.4.14, cf. D.S.13.16 (Pass.) : intr., τὰ ἐς πλάγιον τοῦ ὀστέου παρασύραντα βέλεα grazing it obliquely, Hp.VC11.
4. π. ἔπος drag a word in, use it out of time and place, A.Pr. 1065(anap.).
8. Pass., in Geom., glide, slide along the circumference of a curve, Procl.Hyp.4.4,34.