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σύρω

σύρω, to draw, drag

σύρω [ῡ], Batr. 75, etc.: fut. σῠρῶ LXX 2 Ki. 17.13: aor. ἔσῡρα (κατ-) Hdt. 5.81, (παρ-) A. Pr. 1065 (anap.), (δι-) D. 19.313: pf. σέσυρκα (δια-) Diph. 75, (ἐπι-) D.H. 1.7:—Med., aor. ἐσῡράμην (περι-) Hyp. Fr. 264, (ἀν-) D.S. 1.85:—Pass., aor. ἐσύρην [ῠ] Paus. 2.32.1: pf. σέσυρμαι (ἐπι-) Plb. 12.4c. 3, Luc. Nav. 2:—
  • draw, drag, trail along, χιτῶνα Theoc. 2.73; μέχρι τῶν σφυρῶν τὴν ἐσθῆτα σ. D.C. 46.18; βλαύτας σύρων trailing his torn slippers, Anaxil. 18.2 (anap.); cf. σύρμα I.1.; drag a net, Ev.Jo. 21.8, Plu. Sollert. 2.977f; σ. πηκτίδα, v. πηκτίς I.2; of oxen, ἵνα σύρῃ τὰ ξύλα PFlor. 158.7 (iii A.D.); drag about, τι Luc. Asin. 56, Orph. H. 81.4:—Pass., hang trailing, trail along, οὐρή, νηδύς, Tryph. 82, AP 9.310 (Antiphil.); of a person, crawl, σύρεσθαι γαστέρι ib. 5.293.12 (Agath.):—also intr. in Act., of a column of ships compared to a serpent, Lyc. 217; crawl, συρόντων ἐπὶ γῆν LXX De. 32.24.
      • 2 drag by force, hale, αἰχμάλωτον Theoc. Adon. 12; Πριαμίδην AP 7.152 (Pass.); ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας Act.Ap. 8.3; of waves or rivers, sweep, sweep away, κλύδων ἐπὶ χέρσον ἔσυρεν δελφῖνα AP 7.216 (Antip. Thess.), cf. 9.84 (Antiphan., Pass.); πόλεμος χειμάρρου δίκην πάντα σ. Plu. Lib.educ. 2.5f: metaph., φάραγγα σ. the dough has a cleft made in it, Eub. 75.12:— Pass., σύρεσθαι κατὰ ῥοῦν Plu. Mar. 23; χρυσὸς οὐ μεταλλεύεται μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ σύρεται, of gold-dust (cf. συρτός), Str. 3.2.8: abs. in Pass., of a stream, flow or run down, D.P. 46, cf. Orac.Chald. ap. Dam. Pr. 262: metaph. in AP 10.62 (Pall.).
      • 3 metaph. in Pass., to be dragged, drawn, εἰς οὐκ ἀναγκαῖα πράγματα Diog.Oen. 1, cf. Iamb. VP 3.16.
      • 4 Pass., of taxes, to be attached to land, pf. part. σεσυρομένης (sic) PLond. 5.1686.33 (vi A.D.), cf. ἐπισεσυρομένα in PFlor. 294.41 (vi A.D.), and ἐπισύρεσθαι in PMasp. 151.135 (vi A.D.).

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