Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, σπάω

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ζάγκλον - ζηλοτυπία

ζαπληθής

ζάπλουτος

ζατρεφής

ζαφλεγής

ζαχρεῖος

ζάχρυσος

ζεγέριες

ζείδωρος

ζευγάριον

ζευγηλατέω

ζευγηλάτης

ζευγίτης

ζεύγνυμι

ζευγοτρόφος

ζευκτήριος

ζηλαῖος

ζηλοδοτήρ

ζηλομανής

ζηλοσύνη

ζηλοτυπέω

ζηλοτυπία

ζηλότυπος - ζωγρέω

ζωγρία - ζώφυτος

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1.of a sword, to draw, Eur.;—mostly in Mid., Hom.:—Pass. to be drawn, Il.; ἐσπασμένοι τὰ ξίφη having their swords drawn, Xen.

2.πάλον σπᾶν to draw a lot (out of a helmet), Aesch.

3.absol., σπᾶτ᾽ ἀνδρείως pull, hoist away, like men.

II.of violent actions, to pluck off or out, κόμην Soph.

2.like σπαράσσω, to tear, rend, of beasts, id=Soph.

3.to wrench, sprain:—Pass., τὸν μηρὸν σπασθῆναι Hdt.

4.to snatch, tear or drag away, Eur.

5.metaph. to carry away, draw aside, Soph., Plat.

6.Pass. to be convulsed, Soph.

III.to draw in, suck in, quaff, Aesch., Eur.

IV.to draw tight, pull the reins, Xen.

2.of angling: hence, proverb., οὐκ ἔσπασεν ταύτηι γε "he took nothing by his motion," Ar.

V.to adopt, appropriate, Anth.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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