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συντρίβω [ι_]
A.rub together, ς. τὰ πυρεῖα rub dry sticks together to procure a light, Luc.VH1.32; grind, φάρμακα (for paints) Plu.2.436b (Pass.); “κολλύριονIG14.966 (Rome).
II. shatter, shiver to atoms, “τοὺς χόαςCratin. 187; “τὴν χύτρανAr.Ach.284 (troch.), Pl.Hp.Ma.290e; “τὰ σκευάριαAeschin.1.59; ς. [τὰς ναῦς] stave them in, by running them aground, Th.4.11 (v. infr. 2b); τὰ δόρατα, τὴν ἀσπίδα, X.HG3.4.14, Men.78 (Pass.); “τὰ ποτήριαEub.62; “τὰ ᾠάArist.HA613b27; “θύρανPTeb.47.13 (ii B.C.), BGU1855.9 (i B.C.):—Pass., συντρι^βέντων τῶν σκευῶν, of a ship, D.18.194; “τὰ συντετριμμένα σκεύηIG42(1).121.81 (Epid., iv B.C.); στοὰ συντετρειμμένη ib. 12(9).906.9 (Chalcis, iii A.D.); [νῆες] συντετριμμέναι, opp. τελέως διεφθαρμέναι, D.S.13.16, 17.
b. c. gen. partis, “συντρῖψαι τῆς κεφαλῆςIsoc.18.52:—Pass., ξυντριβῆναι τῆς κεφαλῆς to have one's head broken (cf. κατάγνυμι fin.), Ar.Pax71:—in Th.4.11, φυλασσόμενοι τῶν νεῶν μὴ ξυντρίψωσιν, some take the gen. as partit., v. supr. 11.1.
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