I.to take fish with a drag-net (σαγήνη), Luc.
II.metaph. to sweep as with a drag-net, i. e. to sweep the population off the face of a country by forming a line and marching over it, a Persian practice, Hdt., etc.: Pass., σαγηνευθεὶς ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτι Anth.