Scaife ATLAS

βιάζω βία to constrain, Od.:—Pass., aor1 ἐβιάσθην, perf. βεβίασμαι:— to be hard pressed or overpowered, Il.; βιάζομαι τάδε I suffer violence herein, Soph.; βιασθείς Soph.; ἐπεὶ ἐβιάσθη Thuc.; βεβιασμένοι forcibly made slaves, Xen.:—of things, τοὔνειδος βιασθέν forced from one, Soph. Mid. βιάζομαι, with aor1 mid. ἐβιασάμην, perf. βεβίασμαι:— to overpower by force, press hard, Hom.; βιάζεσθαι νόμους to do them violence, Thuc.;— β. αὑτόν to lay violent hands on oneself, Plat.:— β. τινα, c. inf., to force one to do, Xen.; and inf. omitted, β. τὰ σφάγια to force the victims [to be favourable], Hdt. c. acc. rei, βιάζεσθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν to force the entrance, Thuc. absol. to use force, struggle, Aesch., Soph., etc.: to force oneʼs way, Thuc., Xen.; c. inf., β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν Thuc.: of a famine, to increase in violence, Hdt.

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to constrain

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Headword:

βιάζω

Headword (normalized):

βιάζω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

βιαζω

IDX:

6267

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6271

Key:

bia/zw

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