σᾰγην-εύω,
A. surround and take fish with a drag-net(σαγήνη), Lib. Or. 11.258 : metaph.,sweepthe whole population off the face of a country by forming a line and marching over it, a Persian practice, ς. ἀνθρώπους
Hdt. 6.31
, Str. 10.1.10 , cf. D.L. 3.33 ( Pass. ); ὥσπερ ἐν δικτύοις σεσαγηνευμένοι
Hdn. 4.9.6
;ς. Σάμον sweepitclearof men, Hdt. 3.149 ; so [ ὡς] συνάψαντες . . τὰς χεῖρας σαγηνεύσαιεν πᾶσαν τὴν Ἐρετρικὴν οἱ στρατιῶται τοῦ Δάτιδος
Pl. Lg. 698d
, cf. App. Mith. 67 , Philostr. VA 1.23 .
2. generally,catch as in a net, [ σοφισταὶ] ς. τὼς νέως
Lysis
ap. Iamb. VP 17.76 , cf. Luc. Tim. 25 ; σαγηνευθεὶς ὑπ' ἔρωτι
AP 11.52
, cf. Hld. 1.9 ; of Ares and Aphrodite, Luc. Gall. 3 , DDeor. 15.3 .