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συναρπάζω

συναρπάζω, to seize and carry clean away

συναρπάζω, fut. -άσω E. IA 535, Luc. DDeor. 13[8].1, -άσομαι Ar. Lys. 437, Xenarch. 8:—
  • snatch and carry away with one, carry clean away, S. OC 819, E. Or. 1493 (lyr.), X. Mem. 1.4.8, PSI 4.353.12 (iii B.C.), Gal. 6.301, etc.; ξ. [τινὰ] βίᾳ A. Pers. 195; βίᾳ ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ σ. τινάς Lys. 3.46, cf. 12.96; πάντα σ. ὥσπερ θύελλα S. El. 1150; ὁ κρατῶν ἅμα πάντα σ. X. Cyr. 4.2.26; ἀετὸς τὸν λαγὼ σ. ib. 2.4.19; seize and retain, οὐ δύνανται συναρπάζειν αἱ μῆτραι τὸν γόνον Hp. Aër. 21: metaph., carry away with one (by persuasive arguments), ξυναρπάσας στρατόν E. IA 531, cf. Call. Epigr. 30.5 Pf., Longin. 16.2, Gal. UP 3.10; οὐδένα ὑμῶν συναρπάζω I am not ‘rushing’ you, Diog.Oen. 24; σ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὸ ἄνω, of mystical union with the One, Plot. 5.3.4:—Pass., to be seized and carried off, βία ξυναρπασθεῖσαν S. Aj. 498; σ. βουκόλων ὕπο Id. Fr. 659; by death, Phld. Mort. 37.
      • 2 ξ. χεῖρας seize and pin them together, E. Hec. 1163, cf. Lys. Fr. 75.4:—Med., ξ. τινὰ μέσον, of a wrestler, Ar. Lys. 437.
      • 3 metaph., ξ. φρενί seize with the mind, grasp, S. Aj. 16, cf. Ar. Nu. 775; τὸ ῥηθέν Simyl. ap. Stob. 4.18.4; σ. τὸ ζητούμενον, in arguing, to be guilty of a petitio principii, Luc. JTr. 38, S.E. P. 2.35, etc.; so συνήρπασται εἰς κτητικὴν σύνταξιν is hastily concluded to have a possessive force, A.D. Synt. 165.9.
      • 4 carry away, destroy all traces of, τι Luc. Dom. 16.
      • 5 Pass., of persons, συνηρπασμένοι having been robbed, PRyl. 119.28 (i A.D.).

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