πιέζω
I. "to press, squeeze, press tight", Hom., attic
II. "to press or weigh down", of a heavy weight, Pind., Ar.: metaph. "to oppress, straiten, distress", Hdt., Aesch., etc.—Pass. "to suffer" greatly, Hdt., attic
2. "to press hard", of a victorious army, Lat. premo, τοὺς ἐναντίους Hdt.:— Pass., εἴ πη πιέζοιντο Thuc.
3. "to repress, stifle", Pind.
III. later "to lay hold of", ταῦρον πιάξας τᾶς ὁπλᾶς "by" the hoof, Theocr.; αὐτὸν τῆς χειρός NTest.