A.oppress, τινα LXXEx.1.13,al.; τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ib.Am.8.4: metaph., “δέδοικα μὴ πλοῦτός με -εύσῃ” X.Smp.5.8; τινος D.S.13.73, Ep.Jac.2.6: abs., Str.16.1.26, Ph.1.421, Plu.2.367d:—Pass., to be oppressed, PPetr.3p.74 (iii B.C.), LXXNe.5.5, D.S.37.8; “ὑπό τινος” Str.6.2.4; “ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου” Act.Ap.10.38; ταῦτα -εύετο ἕκαστα these districts were under their several rulers, Str.7.7.8.
2. get control, abs., of mutineers, Ps.-Ptol. Centil.56.