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συμμύω

συμμύω, to be shut up, to close, be closed

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συμμεμυκὼς perfect active participle masculine nominative singular, perfect active participle masculine vocative singular of συμμύω

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συμμύω,
  • shut up, close, of wounds, σὺν δʼ ἕλκεα πάντα μέμυκεν Il. 24.420; of the eyelids, Pl. Ti. 45e; ἄνω κεχηνὼς ἢ κάτω συμμεμυκώς looking up with open lips or down with closed lips, Id. R. 529b (hence, to be silent, ἵνα συμμύσαντες πειθαρχῶσιν prob. in Plb. 30.32.8); also of other openings, as of the os uteri, Hp. Aph. 5.51, Arist. HA 582b19, al.; of pores, Pl. Phdr. 251b; of bivalve shell-fish, Epich. 42, Arist. HA 535a18; of the ‘sleep’ of plants, Thphr. CP 2.19.1, al., Gp. 11.20.3; of shields which ‘give’ under a blow, Thphr. HP 5.3.4; of the double reed of a musical instrument, ib. 4.11.4; of green wood, ib. 5.6.3.

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