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δια-σφίγγω

diasphiggo

bind tight

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What it meant

δια-σφίγγω · dia-sphingō — LSJ

bind tight, narrow-waisted

bind tight, ζώναις τὴν κοιλίαν Erasistr. ap. Gell. 16.3.8, cf. Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.9.3, Aret. SA 1.5:—Pass., [σώματα] κατὰ τὸ μέσον διεσφιγμένα narrow-waisted, Eun. Hist. p.234D.; also σφραγῖσι χρυσοδέτοις δ. ib. p.255 D.; dub.l. ib.p.261 D.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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