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σαγηνεύω

σαγηνεύω, to take fish with a drag-net

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σαγηνεύοντα present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular of σαγηνεύω

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σᾰγην-εύω,
  • surround and take fish with a drag-net (σαγήνη), Lib. Or. 11.258: metaph., sweep the whole population off the face of a country by forming a line and marching over it, a Persian practice, σ. ἀνθρώπους Hdt. 6.31, Str. 10.1.10, cf. D.L. 3.33 (Pass.); ὥσπερ ἐν δικτύοις σεσαγηνευμένοι Hdn. 4.9.6; σ. Σάμον sweep it clear of men, Hdt. 3.149; so [ὡς] συνάψαντες . . τὰς χεῖρας σαγηνεύσαιεν πᾶσαν τὴν Ἐρετρικὴν οἱ στρατιῶται τοῦ Δάτιδος Pl. Lg. 698d, cf. App. Mith. 67, Philostr. VA 1.23.
      • 2 generally, catch as in a net, [σοφισταὶ] σ. τὼς νέως Lysis ap. Iamb. VP 17.76, cf. Luc. Tim. 25; σαγηνευθεὶς ὑπʼ ἔρωτι AP 11.52, cf. Hld. 1.9; of Ares and Aphrodite, Luc. Gall. 3, DDeor. 17[15].3.

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