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σείω , Il.5.563, etc., poet. σίω Anacr.49: Ep impf.
A.σεῖονOd.3.486; Ion. σείασκον ἀνασ-) h.Ap.403 (v.l. ἀνασσείσασκε): fut. “σείσωLXX Is.10.14, (δια-) Hdt.6.109, (ἐπι-) E.Or.613: aor. “ἔσεισαS.El.713, Ar.Ach.12, etc.; Ep. “σεῖσαIl.15.321: pf. σέσεικα κατα-) Philem.84, (ἐν-) Luc.Merc.Cond.30:—Med., aor. ἐσεισάμην ἀπ-) Thgn.348, Hdt.7.88, Ar.Nu.287, Pl.Grg.484a; Ep. “σείσατοIl.8.199, “ἐσείσατοCall.Ap.1, etc.:—Pass., aor. “ἐσείσθηνHdt.6.98, etc.: pf. “σέσεισμαιPi.P.8.94, Ar.Nu.1276:—shake, move to and fro, Hom. (esp. in Il.); ς. ἐγχείας, ἔγχεα, μελίην, shake the poised spear, Il.3.345, 13.135 (Pass.), 22.133, etc.; “αἰγίδα15.321; σανίδας ς. shake the door, 9.583; of chariot horses, “σεῖον ζυγὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχοντεςOd.3.486; ς. λόφον, of a warrior, Alc.22, A.Th.385; ἡνίας χεροῖν ς. S.El.713; “χαλινούςE.IA151 (anap.); ς. χαίτην, etc., Anacr.49, E.Cyc.75 (lyr.), Med.1191; “εὔπτερον δέμαςId.Ion1204; κάρα ς., as sign of discontent, S.Ant.291; but of one dancing, E.Ba. 185; ἄκρᾳ τῇ οὐρᾷ ς. X.Cyn. 3.4.
3. metaph., agitate, disturb, “πόλινPi.P.4.272; “τὰ πόλεος . . θεοὶ πολλῷ σάλῳ σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλινS.Ant.163; ς. τὴν καρδίαν turn the stomach, Ar.Ach.12; ς. τὴν κεφαλήν cause a concussion of . . , Hp. Prorrh.1.143, v. infr. 11.2:—Pass., “ἐσείσθη τὴν καρδίανPhilostr.VS2.1.11.
4. in Att., accuse falsely or spitefully, so as to extort hushmoney, blackmail, “ς. καὶ ταράττωνAr.Eq.840, cf. Telecl.2; “ἔσειον τοὺς παχεῖς καὶ πλουσίουςAr.Pax639; ἑτέρους τῶν ὑπευθύνων ἔσειεκαὶ ἐσυκοφάντειAntipho 6.43, cf. BGU428.9 (ii A.D.); so perh. “σείειν κατ᾽ ἀγοράνAlciphr.3.70 (s. v.l.):—Pass., to be extorted, POxy. 1252r.37 (iii A.D.).
II. Pass., shake, heave, quake, of the earth, “ἐσσείοντο πόδες ἼδηςIl.20.59; “Δῆλος . . πρῶτα καὶ ὕστατα . . σεισθεῖσαHdt.6.98: metaph., to be shaken to its foundation, “τὸ τερπνὸν πιτνεῖ . . σεσεισμένονPi.P.8.94; “οἷς . . ἂν σεισθῇ θεόθεν δόμοςS.Ant.584 (lyr.).
III. Med., shake something of one's own, from oneself, etc., “σεισαμένας πτερὰ ματρόςTheoc.13.13; “ς. γυίων ἄπο νήχυτον ἅλμηνA.R.4.1367; “ς. πλοκαμῖδαςAP5.272 (Agath.).
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