συνελαύνω

synelauno

drive together

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 4
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Book 11 1
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11677
Book 20 1
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20134
Book 21 1
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21394
Book 22 1
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22129
Odyssey 1
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Book 18 1
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1839

Dictionary (LSJ)

συνελαύνω, fut. -ελάσω [ᾰ]: Ep. aor. συνέλασσα: pf. part. συνεληλάμενος Arat. 176 (on the accent, v. A.D. Adv. 135.5, al.), but συνεληλαμένος Plb. 4.48.2, Aret. SA 2.1: plpf. -ηλάσμην LXX 2 Ma. 4.26: aor. Pass. -ηλάσθην Plb. 18.22.6, LXX 2 Ma. 5.5, Plu. Caes. 17, BGU 1568.7 (iii A.D.). Used by Hom. only in pres. and Ep. aor. (exc. σὺν δʼ ἤλασε in tmesi); he uses the form ξυν- where required by the metre:—A. drive together, ληΐδα δʼ ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμεν Il. 11.677; τὰς μὲν [βοῦς] συνέλασσεν ἐς αὔλιον h.Merc. 106, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.14; σὺν δʼ ἤλασʼ ὀδόντας drove his teeth together, Od. 18.98; hammer together, Plu. 2.567e; weld iron, Hp. Vict. 1.13; draw together, συνέλασσε κάρη χεῖράς τε h.Merc. 240; drive, force, τινὰ εἰς ὀλοὴν κῆρα AP 7.614.10 (Agath.), cf. Jul. Ep. 89b; σ. εἰς στενόν Luc. Herm. 63:— Pass., to be driven or forced into a contracted space, compressed, Epicur. Ep. 2p.50U., Plb. 4.48.2, Placit. 4.1.4; εἰς βραχὺ διάζωμα σ. to be contracted into . . , Plu. Phoc. 13: metaph., εἰς ἀπορίαν ἐσχάτην ἡ σωτηρία συνηλάθη Chor. p.226 B.; συνεληλαμένοι σφυγμοί Aret. SA 2.1. 2. constrain, force, τινὰ ἀποστῆναι τῶν οὐ δικαίως αὐτῷ προσηκόντων Sammelb. 5357.11 (v A.D.); σ. τινὰ πρὸς εὐγνωμοσύνην bring him to reason, ib. 13 (Pass.), cf. PLond. 5.1711.60 (vi A.D.); εἰς τέλος σ. bring to an end, PMonac. 13.70 (vi A.D.). II. match in combat, set to fight, θεοὺς ἔριδι ξυνελάσσαι Il. 20.134; θεοὺς ἔριδι ξυνελαύνεις 21.394: abs., ξυνελάσσομεν ὦκα Od. 18.39. 2. intr., ἔριδι ξυνελαυνέμεν meet in quarrel, Il. 22.129.

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