βίαιος [ῐ], α, ον, also ος, ον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: (βία):—
forcible, violent:
adjective once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
adverb twice,
by force, perforce, κατέδουσι βιαίως οἶκον Ὀδυσσῆος [
Refs]; frequently in all writers, ἔργα β. [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; of persons, βιαιότατος τῶν πολιτῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. θάνατος a
violent death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πόλεμος β. διδάσκαλος teaches
by violence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκη βιαίων an action
for forcible rescue, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; τοῖς β. or τῶν βιαίων ἔνοχος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βιαίων [ἐγκαλεῖ] [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
obligationes ex delicto, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
adverb βιαίως, ἀποθανεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων
in their irresistible might, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; χαλεπῶς καὶ β. by struggling and
forcing their way, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
firmly, σχεδίας β. ζεύξαντες [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
neuter plural as
adverb, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) especially of magic, β. τέχνη [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
adverb βιαίως, σοφός
a wizard, [
Refs]
II)
passive,
forced, constrained, opposed to ἑκούσιος, πράξεις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. κίνησις, ={παρὰ φύσιν κ}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ β, ={οὗ ἔξωθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ μηδὲν συμβαλλομένου τοῦ βιασθέντος} [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ β. τροφή, of the diet of athletes, [
Refs]; ὁ χρημ.ατιστὴς (i.e. βίος) β. τίς ἐστιν, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
adverb -ως, ={παρὰ φύσιν, κινεῖσθαι} [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
comparative -οτέρως[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2) ={βιαιοθάνατος}, [
Refs]