λ771Λυγιζόμενος
bending oneself, twisting oneself
[Meaning] turning oneself, covering oneself. [sc. The term comes] from withies. A withy is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at]…
Λυγιζόμενος· στρεφόμενος, καλυπτόμενος. ἀπὸ τῶν λύγων. λύγος δέ ἐστι φυτὸν ἱμαντῶδες. δείδη μόσχοισι λύγοισιν. Ὅμηρος. καὶ Πλάτων ἐν Γοργίᾳ· πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι, πάσας δὲ…
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