θλίβω

θλῐβ-ω [pron. full] [ῑ], Ar.Pax1239, etc.: [tense] fut. θλίψω ([etym.] ἀπο-) E.Cyc.237: [tense] aor.

A

ἔθλιψα Pl.Ti.60c

, Call.Del.35: [tense] pf.

τέθλῐφα Crobyl.4

(cj.), Plb.18.24.3:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. θλίψομαι (v. infr.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. θλῐβήσομαι v.l. in Sor.1.33: [tense] aor. 1

ἐθλίφθην Pl.Ti.91a

, Arist.Pr. 925b20: [tense] aor. 2 part. θλῐβείς ib.13, v.l. in Dsc.3.7 (cf. subj.

ἐκφλῐβῇ Hp. Loc.Hom.9

): [tense] pf.

τέθλιμμαι Arist.Pr.925b14

, AP7.472.5 (Leon.):— squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] Ar.Pax1239, cf. Lys.314;

τοὺς ὄφεις θλίβων D.18.260

; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, Plu.2.141a: metaph.,

δούλης ὦτα νωθρίη θλίβει Herod.4.53

: abs., exercise pressure, Plot.3.6.6:—[voice] Pass., of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! Ar.Ra.5, cf. V.1289:—[voice] Med., πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (v.l. φλίψεται) ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, Od.17.221: χείλεα θλίβειν, of kissing, Theoc.20.4.

II compress, straiten, Pl.Ti.60c; reduce, compress,

εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντες Epicur.Ep.1p.16U.

:—[voice] Pass., to be compressed, Pl.Ti.91a;

ὥστε ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸ ἧσσον θλιβόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ μᾶλλον θλιβομένου Archim. Fluit.1

Prooem.; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, Theoc. 21.18; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opp. εὐρύχωρος, Ev.Matt.7.14; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, D.H.8.73, cf.AP7.472.5 (Leon.).

2 metaph., oppress, afflict, distress,

ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τινα Call.Del.35

;

θ. καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὸ μακάριον Arist.EN1100b28

;

θ. τὰς πόλεις τοῖς ὀψωνίοις SIG 700.25

(Macedonia, ii B.C.); press hard in battle, Plb.18.24.3:— [voice] Pass.,

θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμον Arist.Pol.1307a1

;

ὑπό τινων SIG685.39

(ii B.C.);

ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίας Phld.Lib.p.61

O.—Once in Hom., never in Trag.