σφην-όω,
A. shape like a wedge,
Gp. 17.19.4 :— Pass. ,to be cloven with a wedge, Arist. Mech. 853a27 ;κλίνη χρυσῷ ἐσφηνωμένη inlaid, Luc. Asin. 53 codd.
2. fix by means of a wedge, Hero Bel. 107.14 :— Pass. ,to be wedged in, εἰς τὸ μέσον
Plb. 27.11.4
;to become fixed like a wedge, Sor. 2.55 , Gal. 6.179 .
3. plug up, close up,τρήματα σπόγγοιςSch. Ar. Ach. 462 ; τοῖς μότοις
Orib. Fr. 134
:— Med. ,τὸ πρόθυρον σφήνου closethe vestibule, AP 5.40 ( Rufin. ):— Pass. ,f.l. in
Dsc. 5.31 ; ὅταν σφηνωθῇ ἡ ὀπή
Gp. 9.10.4
;σφηνοῦνται τὰς κεφαλάς they catch a coldin the head, Cass. Pr. 25 ;σφηνωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν, ofobstruction, Anon. ap. Suid.
II. torture, rack(v.σφήν), Plu. 2.498d .