σφηνόω
σφην-όω,
3). plug up, close up,
τρήματα σπόγγοις Sch.
Ar. Ach. 462 ;
τοῖς μότοις Orib. Fr. 134 :— Med.,
τὸ πρόθυρον σφήνου close the vestibule,
AP 5.40 (
Rufin.):— Pass., f.l. in
Dsc. 5.31 ;
ὅταν σφηνωθῇ ἡ ὀπή Gp. 9.10.4 ;
σφηνοῦνται τὰς κεφαλάς they catch a cold in the head,
Cass. Pr. 25 ;
σφηνωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν, of
obstruction,
Anon. ap.
Suid. II). torture, rack (v. σφήν), Plu. 2.498d .
ShortDef
shape like a wedge
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σφηνόω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σφηνοω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-101677
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφην-όω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shape like a wedge,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4080.tlg001:17:19:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4080.tlg001:17:19:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gp.</span> 17.19.4 </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be cloven with a wedge</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:853a:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:853a.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mech.</span> 853a27 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κλίνη χρυσῷ ἐσφηνωμένη</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inlaid</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Asin.</span> 53 </a> codd. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fix by means of a wedge</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:107:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:107.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 107.14 </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be wedged in</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὸ μέσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:11:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:11:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 27.11.4 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to become fixed like a wedge</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:2:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:2.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 2.55 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.179 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plug up, close up</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τρήματα σπόγγοις</span> Sch. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 462 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῖς μότοις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 134 </span> :— Med., <span class="foreign greek">τὸ πρόθυρον σφήνου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close</span> the vestibule, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.40 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Rufin.</span></span>):— Pass., f.l. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.31 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ὅταν σφηνωθῇ ἡ ὀπή</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 9.10.4 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">σφηνοῦνται τὰς κεφαλάς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they catch a cold</span> in the head, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0733.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0733.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cass.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 25 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σφηνωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν</span>, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obstruction</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anon.</span> </span> ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">torture, rack</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">σφήν</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.498d </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}