σφᾰδ-ᾴζω,
A. toss the body about, struggle, of unbroken horses, A. Pers. 194 ; εἰκὸς σφαδᾴζειν ἦν ἄν, ὡς νεόζυγα πῶλον
E. Fr. 821.3
, cf. 1020 ; σὺ δὲ ς., πῶλος ὢς εὐφορβίᾳ
S. Fr. 848
; of a woman,to be restless, Hp. Mul. 1.38 , cf. Philostr.Jun. Im. 16 ;ἐσφάδαζον: διηπόρουν, ἐφρόντιζον, Hsch. ; of young children, κλαίει τε καὶ κινεῖται πλημμελῶς, ὥσπερ σφαδᾴζοντα
Gal. 6.43
;strugglein death, Plu. Ant. 76 ; of wounded horses, X. Cyr. 7.1.37 ; of a dying fish, Plb. 34.3.5 , Ath. 7.283c .
2. chafe, be strongly movedorexcited, Plu. 2.10c , 550e ; ἐπὶ τὴν μάχην
Id. Caes. 42
; πρὸς τὸν ἀγῶνα
Id. Phil. 6
; πρὸς δόξαν
Id. 2.1100a