Liddell–Scott–Jones: νευροσπαστ-έω

νευροσπαστ-έω,

A. put in motion by strings,of puppets, D.S. 34.34 , M.Ant. 7.3 ( Pass. ): esp. metaph.,draw as by a string,

Phld. Hom. p.62 O.; ἡ φαντασία σύρει ἡμᾶς καὶ ν. πρὸς αὑτήν

Porph.

ap. Stob. 2.8.40 , cf. Ph. 1.28 ; καθ' ὁρμὴν -σπαστεῖσθαι

M.Ant. 6.16

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II.

Pass. ,to be caught by drawing a string,of birds, Ath. 9.391a .