βιάζω
biazo
constrain
Appears 53 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βιάζω, A. constrain, Act. once in , ἦ μάλα δή με βιάζετε Od. 12.297; ἐβίασε τὴν γυναῖκά μου 29: abs., εἰ πάνυ ἐβίαζον if they used force, Epid. 2.24; cf. infr. I.2:—Pass., fut. βιασθήσομαι 6.5.9: aor. ἐβιάσθην, pf. βεβίασμαι (v. infr.):—to be hard pressed or overpowered, βελέεσσι βιάζεται Il. 11.589; βιάζετο γὰρ βελ. 15.727; βιασθέντες λύᾳ N. 9.14; νόσῳ Fr. 20 (= Trag.Adesp. 70); to be forced or constrained to do, c. inf., Th. 890: c. acc. cogn., βιάζομαι τάδε Ant. 66, cf. 1073; βιασθείς El. 575; ἐπεὶ ἐβιάσθη 4.44; ὑπό τινος 1.2; opp. ἀδικεῖσθαι, ib.77; βιασθεὶς ἄκων ἔπραξεν 6.16; ἵνα ἢ συγχωρήσωσιν . . ἢ βιασθῶσιν 18.175; βιαζόμενος ὑπό τινος ἐξήμαρτεν 4.4.5; βεβιασμένοι forcibly made slaves, Hier. 2.12; πόλεις βεβ. HG 5.2.23: βιαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς παρούσης ἀπορίας 7.67; τὸ βιασθέν those who are forced, Pol. 1255a11; of things, τοὔνειδος ὀργῇ βιασθέν forced from one by anger, OT 524; τὸ βεβιασμένον forced to fit a hypothesis, Metaph. 1082b2; βεβ. σχήματα forced figures of speech, Th. 33, cf. Antr. 36. 2. Act., make good, suffice to discharge a debt, PFlor. 56.13. II. more freq. βιάζομαι, aor. Med. ἐβιασάμην, pf. βεβίασμαι 19.206, Sam. 63, 46.45:—overpower by force, press hard, ἦ μάλα δή σε βιάζεται ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς Il. 22.229, etc.; β. τοὺς πολεμίους dislodge them, An. 1.4.5; β. νόμους to do them violence, 8.53; βιασάμενος ταῦτα πάντα having broken through all these restraints, 6.52; β. γυναῖκα force her, Pl. 1092; opp. πείθειν, 1.32; β. αὑτόν lay violent hands on oneself, Phd. 61c, 61d; β. τινά, c. inf., force one to do, An. 1.3.1; τί με βιάζεσθε λέγειν; Fr. 44: with inf. omitted, β. τὰ σφάγια force the victims [to be favourable], 9.41; β. ἄστρα 22.9: c. dupl. acc., αὐδῶ πόλιν σε μὴ β. τόδε Th. 1047. 2. c. acc. rei, carry by force, βιάσασθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν force an exit, 7.72; τὴν ἀπόβασιν 4.11: c. acc. neut., 4.17, HG 5.3.12. 3. abs., act with violence, use force, Pr. 1010, Ag. 1509 (lyr.), Aj. 1160, etc.; πρὸς τὸ λαμπρὸν ὁ φθόνος βιάζεται Trag.Adesp. 547.12; opp. δικάζομαι, 1.77; β. διὰ φυλάκων force oneʼs way, 7.83; β. ἐς τὸ ἔξω, β. εἴσω, ib.69, Cyr. 3.3.69; δρόμῳ β. 1.63: c. inf., β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν 7.79; βιαζόμενοι βλάπτειν using every effort to hurt me, 9.16; but βιαζόμενοιμὴ ἀποδιδόναι refusing with violence to repay, HG 5.3.12: esp. in part., ἵνα βιασάμενοι ἐκπλεύσωσι may sail out by forcing their way, 7.67; συνεξέρχονται βιασάμενοι An. 7.8.11; ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι β. (of a famine) grow worse and worse, 1.94. 4. contend or argue vehemently, c. inf., Sph. 246b; β. τὸ μὴ ὂν ὡς ἔστι κατά τι ib. 241d: abs., persist in assertion, 21.205.
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