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στενόω , Ion. στεινόω ,
A.straiten, confine, contract, αὐτήν (the trachea) Gal.18(2).949; “τὴν γαστέραLib.Decl.31.20; = angusto, Dosith.p.435K.:—mostly in Pass., ἐς στενώτερον ἐστενωμέναι (prob. f.l. for συνηγμέναι) Hp.VM22; ὄρη τὰς διεξόδους ἐστένωται have their outlets narrow, Hdn.8.1.6; στεινούμενον αὐλαῖς . . ἄλσος, sc. by comparison, AP9.656.13; cf. “στεγνόω11.2: metaph., to be in difficulty, τοῖς στιχουργήμασι Sch.Lyc.324.
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