piezomō

πῐέζω,
imperfect ἐπίεζον, Epic dialect πίεζον Refs 8th c.BC+: future πιέσω Refs 4th c.BC+; Epic dialect πιέσσω Refs 4th c.AD+: aorist ἐπίεσα Refs 5th c.BC+ (but subjunctive πιέξῃς Refs 5th c.BC+, infinitive πιέξαι Refs 4th c.BC+participle πιέξας (variant{πιάξας}) Refs 2nd c.BC+: perfect πεπίεκα Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, future πιεσθήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+ (δια-), Heliod cited in Refs 4th c.AD+: aorist ἐπιέσθην Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect πεπίεσμαι Refs 5th c.BC+—From πῐεζέω we have πιεζέουσι variant in Refsimperfect πιέζευν variant in Refs 8th c.BC+; participle πιεζεῦντα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, participle πιεζεύμενος Refs 5th c.BC+ (always with variant -όμενος), Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect ἐπιεζοῦντο Refs 2nd c.BC+; so in later Gr., as Refs 1st c.AD+; Doric dialect, Aeolic dialect, and later Gr. πῐάζω Refs 7th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἐπίᾰσα LXX+NT+3rd c.BC+passive, future πιασθήσομαι LXX: aorist ἐπιάσθην NT: perfect πεπίασμαι Refs 1st c.BC+:—press tight, squeeze, χειρὶ ἑλὼν ἐπίεζε βραχίονα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀστεμφέως ἐχέμεν μᾶλλόν τε π. Refs 8th c.BC+; π. τὰ χείλεα compress them, Refs 5th c.BC+; ῥύγχος εἰς ὄξος π. Refs 4th c.BC+; π. τοὺς ὑπευθύνους squeezing them (like figs), to try if they are ripe, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be pressed tight, ἐν δεσμοῖς Refs 8th c.BC+; of wrestlers, Refs 1st c.AD+; πιέζεται ὅσα πόρους ἔχει κενούς are compressible, Refs 4th c.BC+
II press or weigh down, of a heavy weight, Σικελία αὐτοῦ π. στέρνα Refs 5th c.BC+:—and in passive, ὁ δ᾽ ὦμος.. πιέζεται Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, oppress, distress, π. τινὰ ἡ δαπάνη Refs 5th c.BC+; συμφορὰ δ᾽ἑτέρους ἑτέρα π. Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἡ ἀνάγκηRefs 5th c.BC+:—frequently in passive, ὑπὸ νούσοισι Refs 6th c.BC+; of a river, to be exhausted from the heat of the sun, Refs
II.2 press hard, of a victorious army, τοὺς ἐναντίους Refs —passive, τὴν πιεζομένην μάλιστα τῶν μοιρέωνRefs 5th c.BC+
II.3 bear hardly upon, τινα Refs 5th c.BC+; of a point in the argument, hold fast to, Refs 5th c.BC+; press it, Refs 2nd c.BC+ [same place], etc.; lay stress on, Refs 1st c.AD+: with dative, insist upon, τοῖσι περιπάτοισι Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b determine precisely, ἀποστήματα Refs 5th c.AD+; π. δεῖ πῶς ἓν ἐκεῖνο καὶ ἕτερον Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.4 repress, stifle, ἐν θυμῷ χόλον Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 outweigh, τἀγαθῷ τὸ δυστυχές Refs 5th c.BC+
III later, lay hold of, ταῦρον.. πιάξας τᾶς ὁπλᾶς by the hoof, NT+3rd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.