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σφύζω

σφύζω, to throb, beat

σφύζω, Dor. σφύσδω, only pres. and impf.:—
  • throb, beat violently (cf. σφυγμός), Hp. Epid. 2.5.16, 2.6.5, Judic. 33, Theoc. 11.71.
      • 2 beat, of the pulse, σ. τὸ αἷμα ἐν ταῖς φλεψί Arist. HA 521a6; πηδῶσα οἷον τὰ σφύζοντα like the veins or arteries, Pl. Phdr. 251d; μέρος [ἐμβρύου] μήτε θερμὸν μήτε σφύζον Sor. 2.63.
      • 3 metaph. of any violent motion, σφύζοντος καὶ σφαδᾴζοντος καὶ πηδῶντος Longin. Rh. p.201 H., cf. Dam. Pr. 221; σ. ἐπὶ ταῦτα to be very eager after . ., Anon. ap. Suid.
      • 4 prob. f.l. in Thphr. Char. 19.6.

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