A.surround and take fish with a drag-net (σαγήνη), Lib.Or.11.258: metaph., sweep the whole population off the face of a country by forming a line and marching over it, a Persian practice, “ς. ἀνθρώπους” Hdt.6.31, Str.10.1.10, cf. D.L.3.33 (Pass.); “ὥσπερ ἐν δικτύοις σεσαγηνευμένοι” Hdn.4.9.6; ς. Σάμον sweep it clear of men, Hdt.3.149; so [“ὡς] συνάψαντες . . τὰς χεῖρας σαγηνεύσαιεν πᾶσαν τὴν Ἐρετρικὴν οἱ στρατιῶται τοῦ Δάτιδος” Pl.Lg.698d, cf. App.Mith.67, Philostr.VA1.23.
2. generally, catch as in a net, [“σοφισταὶ] ς. τὼς νέως” Lysis ap.Iamb.VP17.76, cf. Luc.Tim.25; “σαγηνευθεὶς ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτι” AP11.52, cf. Hld.1.9; of Ares and Aphrodite, Luc.Gall.3, DDeor.15.3.
