ἐπιθλίβω

ἐπι-θλίβω [ῑ],

• press upon the surface, D.S. 3.14; tread, ὀπώρην Nonn. D. 7.91; crowd round, App. BC 4.45: metaph., repress, check, Plu. Ad. princ. ind. 2.782d.