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συγχώννυμι

συγχώννυμι, to heap all together, to heap with earth, cover with a mound, bank up

συγχώννῡμι and συγχωννύω, in earlier writers pres. inf. συγχοῦν Hdt. 4.120, X. HG 3.1.18:— pf. Pass. -κέχωσμαι Hdt. 8.144:—
  • heap with earth, cover with a mound, bank up, [τὴν σορόν] Id. 1.68; σ. τὰς κρήνας, τὰ ὕδατα, fill them up with earth, Id. 4.120, 140, cf. X. HG 3.1.18, etc.; also of persons, σ. τοὺς ἀποσφαγέντας εἰς τάφρους bury them, D.S. 19.107, cf. Plu. Alex. 77.
    • II demolish, τὸ ἔρυμα Hdt. 7.225; [τὰ τείχεα καὶ τὰ οἰκήματα] Id. 9.13; τὴν ὁδόν Id. 8.71:—Pass., οἰκήματα συγκεχωσμένα ib. 144; τὰ συγχωσθέντα τῶν εὐρείπων SIG 799.7 (Cyzicus, i A.D.).
      • 2 generally, confound, κῦμα . . τῶν τʼ ἄστρων διόδους A. Pr. 1049 (anap.).

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