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παρασύρω

παρασύρω, to sweep away, carry away

παρα-σύρω [ῡ], fut. -σῠρῶ Hsch.:—Pass., pf. παρασέσυρμαι and aor. 2 παρεσύρην [ῠ] (v. infr.):—
  • sweep away, carry away, of a rapid stream, [Κρατῖνος] πολλῷ ῥεύσας ποτʼ ἐπαίνῳ διὰ τῶν ἀφελῶν πεδίων ἔρρει καὶ τῆς στάσεως παρασύρων ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς κτλ. sweeping the oaks from their stations, Ar. Eq. 527; τοῦ ῥεύματος ἡ ὀξύτης πολλοὺς . . παρέσυρε D.S. 17.55: metaph., of orators, τῷ ῥοθίῳ τῆς φορᾶς . . ἅπαντα . . π. Longin. 32.4:— Pass., to be swept away, τῇ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ φορᾷ Ph. 1.223: metaph., εἰς ἑτέραν παρασύρεσθαι τέχνην Chor. Lyd. 17(21), cf. Anon. in EN 418.21; π. ὑπὸ τῶν ὅπλων to be swept into rebellion, Them. Or. 7.93c; ἐκ λήθης π. Tz. H. 9.751.
      • 2 π. τῶν νεῶν τοὺς ταρσούς sweep off the oars of the ships by brushing past them, Plb. 16.4.14, cf. D.S. 13.16 (Pass.): intr., τὰ ἐς πλάγιον τοῦ ὀστέου παρασύραντα βέλεα grazing it obliquely, Hp. VC 11.
      • 3 snatch away, ἴκτινος π. κρέας S. Fr. 767.
      • 4 π. ἔπος drag a word in, use it out of time and place, A. Pr. 1065 (anap.).
      • 5 generally, drag, hale, τινὰ εἰς τὰ κριτήρια Mitteis Chr. 89.22 (ii A.D.).
      • 6 drag out, τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον Lyd. Mag. 3.67.
      • 7 ridicule, παρώφθη καὶ παρεσύρη Ph. 2.566:—Med., παιδιὰς παρασεσυρμένας mocking, ib. 570.
      • 8 Pass., in Geom., glide, slide along the circumference of a curve, Procl. Hyp. 4.4, 34.
      • 9 παρασεσυρμένοι, = ὑπεσκελισμένοι, of wrestlers, Hsch.

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