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στείνω

steino

make strait, straiten, confine, crowd

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

στείνω, A. make strait, straiten, confine, crowd, στείνοντες Nonn. D. 23.5: Ep. impf. στεῖνον Orph. A. 114. II. used by Hom. and Hes. only in pres. and impf. Pass., to become strait, be narrowed, θύρετρα φεύγοντι στείνοιτο Od. 18.386; of persons, to be straitened for room, στείνοντο δὲ λαοί Il. 14.34; of sheep, A.R. 2.128. 2. to be or become full, be thronged, γαῖα στεινομένη Hes. Th. 160: c. gen., στείνοντο δὲ σηκοὶ ἀρνῶν ἠδʼ ἐρίφων Od. 9.219; νεκρῶν ἐστείνετο γαῖα Q.S. 7.100: c. dat., [ποταμὸς] στεινόμενος νεκύεσσι crowded with . . , Il. 21.220; νῆσοι στεινόμεναι Κόλχοισι A.R. 4.335; πώεσι . . αὐλὴ σ. Opp. H. 4.398; στείνοντο . . ἀγροὶ μυκηθμῷ were filled with . . , Theoc. 25.97. 3. metaph., to be straitened, distressed, ἀρνειὸς λάχνῳ στεινόμενος burdened with its wool, Od. 9.445. (στέν-yω, cf. στενός.)
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