συστρέφω,
twist up, roll up, of a whirlwind, μή σ᾽ ἀναρπάσῃ.. συστρέψας ἄφνω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 975, “Th.” 61; φρυγάνων πλῆθος NT.Act.28.3; ἔριον περὶ μηλωτρίδα “POxy.” 234 ii 12 (2nd-3rd c.AD) ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of animals, gather themselves together, in preparing to spring, σ. ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ θηρίον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὸν αὐχένα, of one struggling to get loose, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 339 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὄμματα διὰ κενῆς, ὡς εἴ τι βλέπων, ξυνέστρεφε screwed up his eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συστρέψαι ἑαυτούς, of dolphins, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 631a27; [τὸ χόριον] σ. περὶ αὑτὸ τὴν ὑστέραν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.71:] Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, εἰ τὸ χόριον εἰς αὑτὸ συνεστραμμένον εἴη[[ [prev. work] 73 ] Refs]; συνεστραμμένη χείρ clenched fist, [[[prev. work] 102 ] Refs]; of a whirlwind, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the moon, uncertain meaning in Palchus in [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).250. ] Refs]
__II of soldiers, σ. ἑωυτούς form in a compact body, for attack or defence, collect themselves, rally, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἰς ταὐτό (i.e. τὰς ἵππους) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572b14: frequently in ] Refs 4th c.BC+]passive, συστραφέντες in a body, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.136, 6.6, compare 40; συστρεφόμενοι [prev. author] 9.62, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.30; ξυνεστρέφοντο ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς [prev. author] 2.4; ὅσον.. ἦν ξυνεστραμμένον [prev. passage]; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]they were formed in a mass [[ 50 deep, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of bees, fishes, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629a19, 621a16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]