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μοχλεύω

μοχλεύω, to prise up, heave up

μοχλ-εύω, (μοχλός)
  • prise up, heave, or wrench by a lever, [στέγην] Hdt. 2.175; θύρετρα, πέτρους, E. HF 999, Cyc. 240; πέτρας Pl.Com. 67; θύρας Antiph. 195.6; μόχλευσιν μοχλῷ μ. Hp. Art. 74:—Pass., Arist. Mech. 853a38.
      • 2 metaph., Porph. Chr. 55:—in Med., contrive, ‘engineer’, μηδὲν μ. κατά τινων ἄδικον J. AJ 5.1.16:—Pass., of disease, to be dislodged, removed, Aret. CD 1.2.

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