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νάσσω

nasso

press, squeeze close, stamp down

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What it meant — LSJ

press, squeeze close, stamp down, to be piled up, piled up

press, squeeze close, stamp down, γαῖαν ἔναξε Od. 21.122; οἱ παῖδες ἔναττον εἰς τὰς σπυρίδας Hippoloch. ap. Ath. 4.130b:—Pass., to be piled up, ἡ κόπρος ἡ νεναγμένη Hp. Nat.Puer. 24; ἐν δὲ [τῇ στιβάδι] νένασται . . δέρματα Theoc. 9.9: c. gen., κλῖναι σισυρῶν νεναγμέναι (νενασμ- codd.) piled up with . . , Ar. Ec. 840.

II stuff quite full, was crammed with

stuff quite full, νάττω τὸν θύλακον Epict. Fr. 23:— Pass., πᾶσα οἰκία ὁπλιτῶν νένακτο was crammed with . . , J. BJ 1.17.6.

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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