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περισύρω

περισύρω, to drag about

περι-σύρω [υ],
  • drag about, ἄνω καὶ κάτω Luc. Merc.Cond. 30 (Pass.); περισῠρέντα τὴν πόλιν dragged round the city, J. BJ 2.12.7.
      • 2 metaph., satirize, ridicule, Eust. 1816.46 (Act. and Pass.).
    • II tear off, pick off, τὸ χλωρόν LXX Ge. 30.37.
      • 2 tear away, take by violence from, τὴν λείαν τινῶν -σῠρεῖν (fut. inf.) Plb. 3.93.1, cf. 4.19.4:—Med., carry off, λείαν περιεσύραντο Hyp. Fr. 264, cf. App. Hisp. 65: metaph., destroy, Ph. 1.178: —περισύρεται is f.l. for παρασύρεται in D.P. 864.

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