[Meaning] constrained.[1]
Josephus [writes]: "swarthy, lean in body, compact in flesh; but a certain heroic spirit dwelt in his tiny body."[2]
*pepilhme/nh: sunesfigme/nh. *)iw/shpos: me/las, to\ sw=ma i)sxno/s, th\n sa/rka pepilhme/nos: a)ll' e)nw/|kei tis h(rwi+kh\ yuxh\ leptw=| sw/mati.
[1] =
Synagoge,
Photius pi602 Theodoridis. The headword -- perfect middle/passive participle, feminine nominative singular, of
pile/w (cf.
pi 1596) -- is evidently quoted from somewhere (but not from the quotation given, where the corresponding masculine form of the word appears); perhaps Gregory of Nyssa, who uses it of the heart.
[2]
Josephus,
Jewish War 6.55 (here slightly abridged), describing a Syrian soldier in the army of Titus named Sabinus.
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