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σφίγγω , Emp.38.4, etc.: fut.
A.σφίγξωAP12.208 (Strat.): aor. “ἔσφιγξαAlex.31, AP10.75 (Pall.), etc.:—Med., aor. “ἐσφιγξάμηνHermesian.7.81, Nonn.D.15.247, al.:—Pass., aor. “ἐσφίγχθηνAP6.331 (Gaet.), (ἀπ-) Hp.Mochl.35: pf. “ἔσφιγμαιD.H.7.72, Luc.Musc. Enc.3; inf. “ἐσφίγχθαιDemetr.Eloc.244, Philostr.VA2.13: plpf. “συνέσφικτοProcop.Gaz. p.168B.:—bind tight, bind fast:
I. of the person or thing bound, “ἄρασσε μᾶλλον, σφίγγεA.Pr.58; “σφίγγετ᾽, ἀμαλλοδέται, τὰ δράγματαTheoc.10.44; κεκρύφαλοι ς. τεὴν τρίχα; AP5.259 (Paul. Sil.); “κρημνᾷ ἑαυτὴν σφίγξασα ἐκ τοῦ τραχήλουLuc. Asin.24; “ς. πύλαςshut close, AP5.293.5 (Agath.); τόκους clutch, ib. 11.289 (Pall.); ς. τὴν φράσιν straiten, abridge, Plu.2.1011e, cf. Demetr.Eloc.244; πολλῷ χρόνῳ τὸν λόγον σφίγξαντες having severely restrained their utterance, Plu.2.6e:—Pass., “ἐσφίγγετο πέπλος ζωστῆριTheoc.7.17; “ς. ὑπὸ τοῦ βρόχουD.S.12.17; “σφιγχθεὶς χέραςAPl.4.198 (Maec.); “ς. δράκοντιAP6.331 (Gaet.); “οὐ κατὰ τοὺς σφῆκας πάνυ ἐσφιγμένοιLuc.Musc.Enc.3:—also Med. (in act. sense), Hermesian.7.81, Nonn.D.13.11, al.
2. of the thing used in binding, στραγγαλίδας ἐσφίγγετε you tied knots fast, i.e. raised all sorts of difficulties, Pherecr.21; “ς. τὴν ἀγκύλην τῆς ἐμβάδοςAlex.31; “σφίγξω σοῖς περὶ ποσσὶ πέδηνAP5.178 (Mel.); σφίγγουσα τὰ πρὸς τοῖς γόνασι (sc. σπάργανα) Sor.1.84; “νεβρίδα στέρνοισιNonn.D.1.36; “πέπλα . . ἑῷ καρήνῳMusae.252; “σφιγχθεὶς στέφανοςAP12.135 (Asclep.).
II. bind or hold together, “αἰθὴρ ς. περὶ κύκλον ἅπανταEmp.38.4; “ς. πάνταPl.Ti.58a; “ ὠκεανὸς ς. τὴν οἰκουμένηνArist.Mu.393b9, cf. Melinno ap.Stob.3.7.12, AP5.293.20 (Agath.).
2. tie up in a bundle, “ἀργύριονLXX 4 Ki.12.10.
4. press together, “πόδας . . κατὰ γαστέροςBatr.71; χεῖρας ib.88.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 58
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 12.17
    • Plato, Timaeus, 58a
    • Old Testament, 2 Kings, 12.10
    • Lucian, Muscae Encomium, 3
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 7.72
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, 2.13
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