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ἀπο-θλίβω [ι_],
A.squeeze out, “τοὺς ὄρχεις” Arist.HA632a17; “ὑπόστασιν” Thphr.Od.29; “τὸν ἐκ τοῦ βότρυος ἀποθλιβόμενον οἶνον” D.S.3.62; τῆς χώρας from the place, Luc.Jud.Voc.2.
2. press or force back, “τὸ αἷμα” Arist.HA587a22:—in E.Cyc.237 Ruhnken restored ἀπολέψειν.
3. press tightly, “τὰ κράσπεδα” Diph.43.30; “ἀ. τινά” press upon, crowd, Ev.Luc.8.45.
4. crush, LXXNu.22.25.
II. Gramm., drop a letter in the middle of a word, A.D.Adv.185.3 (Pass.).
III. oppress much, Aq.Ex.3.9, Sm.Jd.10.12:—Pass., πρὸς τὸ τὴν πόλιν ἀποθλιβῆναι Wilcken Chr.11 A9 (ii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 237
    • Old Testament, Numbers, 22.25
    • Lucian, Judicium vocalium, 2
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 3.62
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