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συνελαύνω , fut. -ελάσω [α^]: Ep. aor. συνέλασσα: pf. part.
A.συνεληλάμενοςArat.176 (on the accent, v. A.D.Adv.135.5, al.), but “συνεληλαμένοςPlb.4.48.2, Aret.SA2.1: plpf. “-ηλάσμηνLXX 2 Ma.4.26: aor. Pass. “-ηλάσθηνPlb.18.22.6, LXX 2 Ma.5.5, Plu.Caes.17, BGU 1568.7 (iii A.D.). Used by Hom. only in pres. and Ep. aor. (exc. σὺν δ᾽ ἤλασε in tmesi); he uses the form ξυν- where required by the metre:—drive together, “ληΐδα δ᾽ ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμενIl.11.677; “τὰς μὲν [βοῦς] συνέλασσεν ἐς αὔλιονh.Merc.106, cf. X.Cyr.1.4.14; σὺν δ᾽ ἤλασ᾽ ὀδόντας drove his teeth together, Od.18.98; hammer together, Plu.2.567e; weld iron, Hp.Vict.1.13; draw together, “συνέλασσε κάρη χεῖράς τεh.Merc.240; drive, force, “τινὰ εἰς ὀλοὴν κῆραAP7.614.10 (Agath.), cf. Jul.Ep.89b; “ς. εἰς στενόνLuc.Herm.63:— Pass., to be driven or forced into a contracted space, compressed, Epicur.Ep.2p.50U., Plb.4.48.2, Placit.4.1.4; εἰς βραχὺ διάζωμα ς. to be contracted into . . , Plu.Phoc.13: metaph., “εἰς ἀπορίαν ἐσχάτην σωτηρία συνηλάθηChor. p.226 B.; “συνεληλαμένοι σφυγμοίAret. SA2.1.
2. constrain, force, “τινὰ ἀποστῆναι τῶν οὐ δικαίως αὐτῷ προσηκόντωνSammelb.5357.11 (v A.D.); ς. τινὰ πρὸς εὐγνωμοσύνην bring him to reason, ib. 13 (Pass.), cf. PLond.5.1711.60 (vi A.D.); εἰς τέλος ς. bring to an end, PMonac.13.70 (vi A.D.).
2. intr., ἔριδι ξυνελαυνέμεν meet in quarrel, Il.22.129.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Homer, Iliad, 21.394
    • Homer, Odyssey, 18.39
    • Homer, Odyssey, 18.98
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 4 to Hermes, 240
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 4 to Hermes, 106
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.4.14
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.677
    • Homer, Iliad, 20.134
    • Homer, Iliad, 22.129
    • Polybius, Histories, 18.22.6
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.48.2
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 1), 2.1
    • Old Testament, 2 Maccabees, 4.26
    • Old Testament, 2 Maccabees, 5.5
    • Plutarch, Phocion, 13
    • Plutarch, Caesar, 17
    • Lucian, Hermotimus, 63
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