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θλίβω

θλίβω, to press, squeeze, pinch

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θλιβόντων present active participle masculine genitive plural, present active participle neuter genitive plural, present active imperative 3rd plural of θλίβω

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θλίβ-ω [ῑ], Ar. Pax 1239, etc.: fut. θλίψω (ἀπο-) E. Cyc. 237: aor. ἔθλιψα Pl. Ti. 60c, Call. Del. 35: pf. τέθλῐφα Crobyl. 4 (cj.), Plb. 18.24.3:—Med., fut. θλίψομαι (v. infr.):—Pass., fut. θλῐβήσομαι v.l. in Sor. 1.33: aor. 1 ἐθλίφθην Pl. Ti. 91a, Arist. Pr. 925b20: aor. 2 part. θλῐβείς ib. 13, v.l. in Dsc. 3.7 (cf. subj. ἐκφλῐβῇ Hp. Loc.Hom. 9): pf. τέθλιμμαι Arist. Pr. 925b14, AP 7.472.5 (Leon.):—
  • squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] Ar. Pax 1239, cf. Lys. 314; τοὺς ὄφεις θλίβων D. 18.260; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, Plu. Coniug. 2.141a: metaph., δούλης ὦτα νωθρίη θλίβει Herod. 4.53: abs., exercise pressure, Plot. 3.6.6:—Pass., of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! Ar. Ra. 5, cf. V. 1289:—Med., πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (v.l. φλίψεται) ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, Od. 17.221: χείλεα θλίβειν, of kissing, Theoc. 20.4.
    • II compress, straiten, Pl. Ti. 60c; reduce, compress, εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντες Epicur. Ep. 1 p.16 U.:—Pass., to be compressed, Pl. Ti. 91a; ὥστε ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸ ἧσσον θλιβόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ μᾶλλον θλιβομένου Archim. Fluit. 1 Prooem.; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, Theoc. 21.18; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opp. εὐρύχωρος, Ev.Matt. 7.14; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, D.H. 8.73, cf. AP 7.472.5 (Leon.).
      • 2 metaph., oppress, afflict, distress, ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τινα Call. Del. 35; θ. καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὸ μακάριον Arist. EN 1100b28; θ. τὰς πόλεις τοῖς ὀψωνίοις SIG 700.25 (Macedonia, ii B.C.); press hard in battle, Plb. 18.24.3:— Pass., θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμον Arist. Pol. 1307a1; ὑπό τινων SIG 685.39 (ii B.C.); ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίας Phld. Lib. p.61 O.—Once in Hom., never in Trag.

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