The corpus record

μοχλ-εύω

mochleuo

prise up, heave

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Where it lives

Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μοχλ-εύω · mochl-euō — LSJ

prise up, heave, wrench

prise up, heave, or wrench by a lever, [στέγην] Hdt. 2.175; θύρετρα, πέτρους, E. HF 999, Cyc. 240; πέτρας Pl.Com. 67; θύρας Antiph. 195.6; μόχλευσιν μοχλῷ μ. Hp. Art. 74:—Pass., Arist. Mech. 853a38.

2 contrive, to be dislodged, removed

metaph., Porph. Chr. 55:—in Med., contrive, ‘engineer’, μηδὲν μ. κατά τινων ἄδικον J. AJ 5.1.16:—Pass., of disease, to be dislodged, removed, Aret. CD 1.2.

In the wild

μοχλεύει · mochleuei Euripides, Heracles 998–1000
μοχλευόντων · mochleuontōn Herodotus, Histories 2.175.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2824)
μοχλεύειν · mochleuein Plotinus, Enneads 3.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2191)

Where it came from

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