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ῥυσιάζω

ῥυσιάζω, to seize as a pledge, to drag away

ῥῡσῐ-άζω, Dor. ῥῡτιάζω IG 42(1).77.11, al. (Epid., ii B.C.):—
  • treat as a ῥύσιον, seize, distrain upon, οὐ ῥυσιάζω, τἀμὰ δʼ εὑρίσκω φίλα E. Ion 523, cf. SIG 629.20 (Delph., ii B.C.), al., Ph. 1.638; of plundering a city as reprisal for stolen property, τὴν πόλιν D.S. 8.7:—Pass., to be so treated, A. Supp. 424 (lyr.), E. Ion 1406, IG l.c.; τί ῥυσιασθείς; robbed of what? cj. in E. Heracl. 163; of debtors at Rome, Plu. Cor. 5: metaph., ψευδόδειπνα . . μαργώσης γνάθου ἐρρυσιάσθη cj. in A. Fr. 258.

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