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παρα-σύρω

parasuro

sweep away, carry away

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παρα-σύρω · para-syrō — LSJ

sweep away, carry away, sweeping, from, to be swept away, to be swept

sweep away, carry away, of a rapid stream, [Κρατῖνος] πολλῷ ῥεύσας ποτʼ ἐπαίνῳ διὰ τῶν ἀφελῶν πεδίων ἔρρει καὶ τῆς στάσεως παρασύρων ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς κτλ. sweeping the oaks from their stations, Ar. Eq. 527 ; τοῦ ῥεύματος ἡ ὀξύτης πολλοὺς . . παρέσυρε D.S. 17.55 : metaph., of orators, τῷ ῥοθίῳ τῆς φορᾶς . . ἅπαντα . . π. Longin. 32.4 :— Pass., to be swept away, τῇ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ φορᾷ Ph. 1.223 : metaph., εἰς ἑτέραν παρασύρεσθαι τέχνην Chor. Lyd. 17(21), cf. Anon. in EN 418.21 ; π. ὑπὸ τῶν ὅπλων t

2 sweep off, grazing

π. τῶν νεῶν τοὺς ταρσούς sweep off the oars of the ships by brushing past them, Plb. 16.4.14, cf. D.S. 13.16 (Pass.) : intr., τὰ ἐς πλάγιον τοῦ ὀστέου παρασύραντα βέλεα grazing it obliquely, Hp. VC 11.

3 snatch away

snatch away, ἴκτινος π. κρέας S. Fr. 767.

4 drag, in, use it out of time and place

π. ἔπος drag a word in, use it out of time and place, A. Pr. 1065 (anap.).

5 drag, hale

generally, drag, hale, τινὰ εἰς τὰ κριτήρια Mitteis Chr. 89.22 (ii A.D.).

6 drag out

drag out, τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον Lyd. Mag. 3.67.

7 ridicule, mocking

ridicule, παρώφθη καὶ παρεσύρη Ph. 2.566 :—Med., παιδιὰς παρασεσυρμένας mocking, ib. 570.

8 glide, slide

Pass., in Geom., glide, slide along the circumference of a curve, Procl. Hyp. 4.4, 34.

9

παρασεσυρμένοι, = ὑπεσκελισμένοι, of wrestlers, Hsch.

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