ἐπισφίγγω

ἐπισφίγγω,

• bind tight, tighten, κημούς Ph. 1.698; νάρθηκας (splints) Gal. 18(2).398; πέδιλα ἐ. τοὺς πόδας Luc. Am. 41; ἐ. τινὰ πήχεσι in the arms, AP 5.242 (Maced.); ἐ. τοὺς ἀναγωγέας tie the shoe-strings tight, Ath. 12.543f; μοσχεύματα Gp. 10.12.3: metaph., shut up tightly, [θησαυροὺς] κακῶν Ph. 1.108; ἐ. τὴν ἀμφισβήτησιν complicate it, opp. λύειν, S.E. M. 2.96; also ἐ. τὴν νήτην screw it tighter, tune the instrument, Ael. VH 9.36: metaph., ‘screw up’, intensify, ὀδύνας (ὠδίνας cod.) Ph. 1.680.

ἐπισφίγγω, daran-, daraufbinden, anschnüren, Ath. XII.543f ; πήχεσί τινα, fest umschlingen, Macedon. 4 (V.243); πέδιλα ἐπισφίγγοντα τοὺς πόδας, zusammenpressen, Luc. am. 41 ; ἀμφισβήτησιν, Ggstz λύειν, Sext.Emp. adv.rhet. 96 ; – τὴν νήτην, die Saite straffer anziehen, stärker anschlagen, Ael. V.H. 9.36.

ἐπισφίγγω fut. ξω

• to bind, clasp tight, Anth.