cl. 7. P. ([Dhātup. xxix, 15]) pinaṣṭi (rarely Ā.; Subj. 2. 3. sg. piṇak, [RV.]; Impv. piṃṣá, [AV.]; piṃṣe; apiṃṣat; piṣeyam, [MBh.]; pf. pipéṣa, pipiṣe, [RV.]; aor. apikṣan, [ŚBr.]; fut. pekṣyati, [Up.]; peṣṭā Gr.; ind.p. piṣṭvā́, -péṣam, [Br.]; piṣya, [MBh.]; inf. pesṭum, péṣṭavaí, [Br.]), to crush, bruise, grind, pound, hurt, injure, destroy (fig. also with gen. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 56]), [RV.] &c. &c.; Caus. peṣayati (aor. apīpiṣat Gr.), to crush, bruise, grind &c., [GṛS.]; [MBh.]; [Car.] (Gr. also ‘to give; to be strong; to dwell’).
, [cf. Zd. pish; Gk. πτίσσω [?]; Lat. pinsere, pīsere.]