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θλι?́β-ω [ι_], Ar.Pax1239, etc.: fut. θλίψω ἀπο-) E.Cyc.237: aor.
A.ἔθλιψαPl.Ti.60c, Call.Del.35: pf. “τέθλι^φαCrobyl.4 (cj.), Plb.18.24.3:—Med., fut. θλίψομαι (v. infr.):—Pass., fut. θλι^βήσομαι v.l. in Sor.1.33: aor. 1 “ἐθλίφθηνPl.Ti.91a, Arist.Pr. 925b20: aor. 2 part. θλι^βείς ib.13, v.l. in Dsc.3.7 (cf. subj. “ἐκφλι^βῇHp. Loc.Hom.9): pf. “τέθλιμμαιArist.Pr.925b14, AP7.472.5 (Leon.):— squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] Ar.Pax1239, cf. Lys.314; “τοὺς ὄφεις θλίβωνD.18.260; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, Plu.2.141a: metaph., “δούλης ὦτα νωθρίη θλίβειHerod.4.53: abs., exercise pressure, Plot.3.6.6:—Pass., of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! Ar.Ra.5, cf. V.1289:—Med., πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (v.l. φλίψεται ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, Od.17.221: χείλεα θλίβειν, of kissing, Theoc.20.4.
II. compress, straiten, Pl.Ti.60c; reduce, compress, “εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντεςEpicur.Ep.1p.16U.:—Pass., to be compressed, Pl.Ti.91a; “ὥστε ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸ ἧσσον θλιβόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ μᾶλλον θλιβομένουArchim. Fluit.1 Prooem.; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, Theoc. 21.18; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opp. εὐρύχωρος, Ev.Matt.7.14; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, D.H.8.73, cf.AP7.472.5 (Leon.).
2. metaph., oppress, afflict, distress, “ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τιναCall.Del.35; “θ. καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὸ μακάριονArist.EN1100b28; “θ. τὰς πόλεις τοῖς ὀψωνίοιςSIG 700.25 (Macedonia, ii B.C.); press hard in battle, Plb.18.24.3:— Pass., “θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμονArist.Pol.1307a1; “ὑπό τινωνSIG685.39 (ii B.C.); “ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίαςPhld.Lib.p.61 O.—Once in Hom., never in Trag.
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