A.“-σείσω” Hp.Art.43: pf. “-σέσεικα” Philem.84:—shake down, throw down, “ο ἰκοδομήματος ἐπ ὶ μέγα” Th.2.76; τ ε ῖχος, τ ο ῦ τείχους ἐπ ὶ μέγα, Arr.An.1.19.2, 2.23.1; σεισμὸς κ . τ ὴν πόλιν Ae|.VH6.7:—Pass., fall down, Ph.2.512; of a lion's mane, “α ὐχένος ἐκ λασίοιο Χαίτη -εσείετο” Pancrat.Oxy.1085.21: metaph., “κ . ἀκροατοῦ ὦτ α ” Philostr.VS2.29; “νόμους” Procop.Arc.27.33; “κατέσεισεν ἅπαντα κ α ὶ κατεβρόντησε” Eun. Hist.p.256 D.; ἕως κατέσεισε until he laid him on the floor (with drinking), Men.8, cf. Philem. l. c., Ath.10.431c.
2. impel, drive headlong, “νεανίσκον ε ἰς τ ὸν μανιώδη κ α ὶ σφαλερὸν τ ῆς βασιλείας ἔρωτα” Eun.Hist.p.235 D., cf. p.267 D.:—Pass., π ρ ὸς τ ὸ λέγειν κ . ib. p.223 D.
4. κατασείσας τ ὴν χ ε ῖρ α with a motion of the hand, Act.Ap. 19.33; “κ . ἱκετηρίας” J.BJ2.21.8; κ . τ ὰ ἱμάτια, by way of signal, Plu. Pomp.73: more freq. c. dat., κ . τ ῇ Χειρί beckon with the hand, Plb. 1.78.3, Hld.10.7; “κ . τ ῇ Χ ε ι ρ ὶ σ ι γ ᾶν ” Act.Ap.12.17; “κ . τ ῷ λύχνῳ ἅμ α λέγων τ ὸν λόγον” PMag.Lond.46.453; “κ . ὀθόναις” Hld.9.6: abs., κ . τινί beckon to another, as a sign for him to be silent, X.Cyr.5.4.4; “κ . τ ι σ ὶν ἐπεξιέναι” J.AJ17.10.2; but also, shake the head in token of contempt, Phld.Vit.p.37 J.
