συστρέφω
Infl. fut. ψω
I. "to twist up into a ball", Lat. conglobare: of animals, "to gather" themselves "together", in preparing to spring, Plat.: of soldiers, ς. ἑωυτούς "to collect" themselves, "rally", Hdt.: Pass., συστραφέντες "in a body", id=Hdt.; ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι ἦσαν "they were formed in a mass" 50 deep, Xen.
II. of soldiers, also, συστρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ "to wheel" them to the right, id=Xen.; ς. τὸν ἵππον "to turn" him "sharply", Plut.
III. "to form into an organised whole, unite", Hdt.:—Pass. "to unite, club together, conspire", Thuc., Aeschin.
IV. of sentences, narratives, and the like, "to compress", Arist.: absol., συστρέψας γράφει writes "briefly, curtly", Aeschin.:—Pass., ῥῆμα βραχὺ καὶ συνεστραμμένον a short and "pithy" saying, Plat.