A.drag or trail after one, “τὼ πόδε” D.L.1.81 ; “χλαμύδα λαμπράν” Posidon.36 J.:—Med., “ποδήρεις χιτῶνας” Luc.VH2.46 ; φελλούς ib.45 ; “φόρτον” Porph.VP25 ; “γυναῖκας” J.BJ4.1.10 : —Pass., crawl or creep along, “ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς” X.Cyn.5.13, cf.Ael.NA2.23 ; to be drawn over, rub against, “μήνιγγι” Heliod. ap. Orib.46.19.2 ; to be trailed on the ground, Ph.2.148 ; to be protracted, Just.Nov.42.1.2.
3. Med., draw over oneself, “δέρμα αἰγός” Longus3.24.
b. draw up by friction, Steph.in Gal.1.326D.
4. Pass., to be impeded in movements, Aret.SD1.7.
II. c. acc., do in a slovenly, careless way, slur over, evade intentionally, τὰ πράγματα Lys,26.3 ; “τὰς πράξεις” Plb.29.12.6 ; “γραφήν” D.H.1.7 (v.l. ὑπο?̓ ; βίον Jul.Gal.43b (Pass.) : abs., “ἐπισύροντες ἐροῦσι” D.20.131 ; “ἐπισύρων γέγραφα” Jul.Ep.4 ; “ἐ. ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι” to be negligent, M.Ant. 8.51 ; “καταφρονεῖν ὧν οὐκ οἶδεν καὶ ἐπισύρειν” Porph.Abst.2.53 : in this sense freq. in pf. part. Pass., slurred over, neglected, Plb.16.20.3 ; τὸ -μένον [τῶν λέξεων] Phld.Rh.1.49 S. ; “γράμματα ἐπισεσυρμένα” slovenly, hastily written, Luc.DMeretr.10.3 ; φθέγγεσθαι ἐ. τι καὶ συνεχὲς καὶ “ἐπίτροχον” Id.Nav.2 ; χρέμπτεσθαι ἐ. Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.20 ; ἐ. καὶ ῥυπαρός slovenly and dirty, of a man, D.L.1.81 ; ἐ. ἤθη lax morals, Procl.in Prm.p.553S. Adv. “ἐπισεσυρμένως” carelessly, Epict.Ench.31, Sch.Ar.Ra.1545.