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παρασπάω

παρασπάω, to draw forcibly aside, wrest aside

παρα-σπάω, fut. -άσω [σπᾰ] S. OC 1185:—
  • draw forcibly aside, wrest aside, Id. El. 732; τὸ παρασπώμενον, = παρασπάς, Thphr. HP 2.1.3: metaph., τινὰ πρὸς βίαν π. γνώμης S. OC l.c.; ἀδίκους φρένας παρασπᾷς, i.e. ὥστε εἶναι ἀδίκους (cf. ἀδάκρυτος) Id. Ant. 792 (lyr.); κρίσιν Phld. Rh. 1.174 S.:—Med., παρασπᾶσθαί τινά τινος detach him from anotherʼs side to oneʼs own, X. HG 4.8.33, cf. D. 1.3; π. λόγου detract from an argument, Pl. Sph. 241c; μαντικῆς ἴχνος παρεσπάσατο Iamb. Myst. 3.27:—Pass., παρεσπασμένος pulled away, of a circle viewed obliquely, Euc. Opt. 36.
    • II cull for oneself, Iamb. VP 1.1.

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