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πι^έζω , impf. ἐπίεζον, Ep.
A.πίεζονOd.12.174, etc.: fut. “πιέσωDiph.18.3; Ep. “πιέσσωNonn.D.4.146: aor. “ἐπίεσαHp.Fract.6, Hdt.9.63, Th.2.52, etc. (but subj. “πιέξῃςHp.Fract.5, inf. “πιέξαιIG42(1).123.116 (Epid., iv B.C.), part. πιέξας (v.l. πιάξας) Nic.Al.224): pf. “πεπίεκαDemetr.Lac. Herc.1012.44 :—Pass., fut. “πιεσθήσομαιGal.11.317 (δια-), Heliod ap. Orib.10.18.15: aor. “ἐπιέσθηνOd.8.336, Sol.13.37, Hdt.4.11, etc.; “ἐπιέχθηνHp.Fract.5, etc.: pf. “πεπίεσμαιArist.Mu.392b33, Procl.Hyp.5.49, cj. in Alciphr.3.55. etc.; “πεπίεγμαιHp.Fract.5.—From πι^εζέω we have πιεζέουσι v.l. in Id.Fract.31 : impf. πιέζευν v.l. in Od.12.174, 196; part. “πιεζεῦνταHp.Off.25, Fract.9, “πιεζεῦσανHerod.8.47 :—Pass., part. “πιεζεύμενοςHdt.3.146, 6.108, 8.142 (always with v.l. -όμενος), Hp.Nat.Puer.21, “πιεζούμενοςPlb.3.74.2; imper. “πιεζείσθωIG4.364.7 (Corinth, iv A.D.): impf. “ἐπιεζοῦντοPlb.11.33.3; so in later Gr., as Plu. Thes.6, Alc.2, etc.; Dor., Aeol., and later Gr. πι^άζω Alcm.44, Alc.148: aor. 1 “ἐπία^σαLXX Ca.2.15, Ev.Jo.8.20; “ἐπίαξαTheoc.4.35, (ἀμφ-) Ep..6: Pass., fut. “πιασθήσομαιLXX Si.23.21 : aor. “ἐπιάσθηνApoc.19.20 : pf. “πεπίασμαιPOxy.812 (i B. C.), Dsc.1.15, Hippiatr.34 :—press tight, squeeze, “χειρὶ ἑλὼν ἐπίεζε βραχίοναIl.16.510, cf. Hes.Op.497; ἀστεμφέως ἐχέμεν μᾶλλόν τε π. Od.4.419; “μ᾽ ἐν δεσμοῖσι δέον μᾶλλόν τε πίεζον12.196, cf. 164; π. τὰ χείλεα compress them, Hp.VM22; ῥύγχος εἰς ὄξος π. Axionic.8.5 ; π. τοὺς ὑπευθύνους squeezing them (like figs), to try if they are ripe, Ar.Eq.259 ; “σφόδρα π. αὐτοῦ τὸν πόδαPl. Phd.117e ; “π. [τὴν δεξιὰν] ἐμπαθῶςPlb.31.24.9 : abs., X.Mem.3.10.13, Arist.Rh.1361b17 :—Pass., to be pressed tight, “ἐν δεσμοῖςOd.8.336, cf. Hp.Fract.25, al.; of wrestlers, Plu.Alc.2; πιέζεται ὅσα πόρους ἔχει κενούς are compressible, Arist.Mete.386b1.
II. press or weigh down, of a heavy weight, “Σικελία αὐτοῦ π. στέρναPi.P.1.19, cf. Ar.Pax 1032 :—and in Pass., “ δ᾽ ὦμος . . πιέζεταιId.Ra.30, cf. X.Cyr.7.5.11 : metaph., oppress, distress, “π. τινὰ δαπάνηHdt.5.35 ; “λιμόςA.Ch. 250 ; καὶ πρὸς π. χρημάτων ἀχηνία (Abresch for προσπιέζει) ib.301 ; συμφορὰ δ᾽ἑτέρους ἑτέρα π. E.Alc.894 (lyr.); “αὐχμὸς π. τὰς ἀμπέλουςAr. Nu.1120 ; π. ἀνάγκη ib.437, cf. Th.2.52 :—freq. in Pass., “ὑπὸ νούσοισιSol.13.37 ; “ὑπὸ λιμοῦTh.1.126 ; “πολέμῳHdt.4.11, 6.34 ; “τῇ νούσῳPherecyd. ap. D.L.1.122, cf. Th.7.47 ; “ταῖς εἰσφοραῖςLys.28.3; “ταῖς συμφοραῖςX.Cyr.7.2.20; “σπάνει σίτουId.HG5.4.56, etc.: abs., Hdt.7.121, etc.; of a river, to be exhausted from the heat of the sun, Id.2.25.
3. bear hardly upon, τινα Pl.Cra.409a; “τῷ λόγῳPlu.Alc.6; “ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλέγχων πιέζεσθαιPhld.D.3.8; of a point in the argument, hold fast to, Pl.Lg.965d; press it, Plb.3.21.3, Demetr.Lac. l.c., etc.; lay stress on, Plu.2.31e: c. dat., insist upon, “τοῖσι περιπάτοισιHp.Insomn.88.
b. determine precisely, “ἀποστήματαProcl.Hyp.5.19, cf. 49 (Pass.); “π. δεῖ πῶς ἓν ἐκεῖνο καὶ ἕτερονPorph.Sent.36.
4. repress, stifle, “ἐν θυμῷ χόλονPi.O.6.37; “τὸν τῦφονPlu.Alc.4.
5. outweigh, “τἀγαθῷ τὸ δυστυχέςE.Hipp.637, cf. Supp.249 (s. v.l.).
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