ἀπόσφιγξις

A. squeezing tight, Hp. Fract. 11 (pl.), Art. 69 (pl.):—in form ἀπό‐σφιξις, ligature above a poisonous bite, Philum. Ven. 22.4, cf. Leonid. ap. Orib. 45.23.78, Antyll.ib.7.9.2.