συστρέφω
συστρέφω
fut. ψω
to twist up into a ball, Lat. conglobare: of animals, to gather themselves together, in preparing to spring, Plat.: of soldiers, σ. ἑωυτούς to collect themselves, rally, Hdt.: Pass., συστραφέντες in a body, Hdt.; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν they were formed in a mass 50 deep, Xen.
of soldiers, also, συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ to wheel them to the right, Xen.; σ. τὸν ἵππον to turn him sharply, Plut.
to form into an organised whole, unite, Hdt.:—Pass. to unite, club together, conspire, Thuc., Aeschin.
of sentences, narratives, and the like, to compress, Arist.: absol., συστρέψας γράφει writes briefly, curtly, Aeschin.:—Pass., ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον a short and pithy saying, Plat.
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συστρέφω
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συστρεφω
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συστρέφω
fut. ψω
to twist up into a ball, Lat. conglobare: of animals, to gather themselves together, in preparing to spring, Plat.: of soldiers, σ. ἑωυτούς to collect themselves, rally, Hdt.: Pass., συστραφέντες in a body, Hdt.; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν they were formed in a mass 50 deep, Xen.
of soldiers, also, συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ to wheel them to the right, Xen.; σ. τὸν ἵππον to turn him sharply, Plut.
to form into an organised whole, unite, Hdt.:—Pass. to unite, club together, conspire, Thuc., Aeschin.
of sentences, narratives, and the like, to compress, Arist.: absol., συστρέψας γράφει writes briefly, curtly, Aeschin.:—Pass., ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον a short and pithy saying, Plat.
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