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ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
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with non-personal subject: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐκλείπω]], [[ἐκλείπειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιλείπειν]]. | |||
[[leave in the lurch]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λείπω]], [[λείπειν]], [[προλείπω]], [[προλείπειν]], [[καταλείπω]], [[καταλείπειν]], [[προϊέναι]] (or mid.), [[προδιδόναι]]. | [[leave in the lurch]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λείπω]], [[λείπειν]], [[προλείπω]], [[προλείπειν]], [[καταλείπω]], [[καταλείπειν]], [[προϊέναι]] (or mid.), [[προδιδόναι]]. | ||
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[[my limbs fail]]: [[verse|V.]] [[λύεται δέ μου μέλη]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hecuba]]'' 438). | [[my limbs fail]]: [[verse|V.]] [[λύεται δέ μου μέλη]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hecuba]]'' 438). | ||
[[bent spine and failing knee]]: [[verse|V.]] [[διπλῆ ἄκανθα καὶ παλίρροπον γόνυ]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 492) [[fail]] ( | [[bent spine and failing knee]]: [[verse|V.]] [[διπλῆ ἄκανθα καὶ παλίρροπον γόνυ]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 492) | ||
[[fail]] (to do a thing): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[οὐ δύναμαι]], [[οὐ δύνασθαι]] (infin.), [[οὐκ ἔχειν]] (infin.). | |||
[[fail in]], [[not succeed in]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διαμαρτάνειν]] (gen.), [[ἀποτυγχάνειν]] (gen.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἁμαρτάνειν]] (gen.). [[σφάλλεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἀποσφάλλεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμπλακεῖν]] (gen.) (2nd aor.). | [[fail in]], [[not succeed in]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διαμαρτάνειν]] (gen.), [[ἀποτυγχάνειν]] (gen.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἁμαρτάνειν]] (gen.). [[σφάλλεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἀποσφάλλεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμπλακεῖν]] (gen.) (2nd aor.). | ||
Latest revision as of 14:57, 6 November 2024
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
with non-personal subject: P. ἐκλείπω, ἐκλείπειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
leave in the lurch: P. and V. λείπω, λείπειν, προλείπω, προλείπειν, καταλείπω, καταλείπειν, προϊέναι (or mid.), προδιδόναι.
you fail your friends in time of trouble: V. ἀπαυδᾶς ἐν κακοῖς φίλοισι σοῖς (Euripides, Andromache 87).
when he saw his eyesight failing him: P. ἐπειδὴ ᾔσθετο… τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτὸν προδίδοντα (Dem. 1239).
verb intransitive
Of persons, meet with ill-success: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν, σφάλλεσθαι, ἐξαμαρτάνειν, πταίειν, P. ἀποτυγχάνειν, διαμαρτάνειν, V. ἀμπλακεῖν (2nd aor.), ἀπαμπλακεῖν (2nd aor.).
be unlucky: P. and V. δυστυχεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀτυχεῖν.
of things, not to succeed: P. and V. κακῶς χωρεῖν, οὐ προχωρεῖν.
his plan will succeed and mine will fail: V. τὰ τοῦδε μὲν πεπραγμέν' ἔσται τἀμὰ δ' ἡμαρτημένα (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 620).
give out: P. and V. ἐκλείπω, ἐκλείπειν, ἐλλείπειν, Ar. and V. λείπω, λείπειν (rare P.), Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
go bankrupt: P. and V. ἀνασκευάζεσθαι; see bankrupt.
flag: P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν, παρίεσθαι; see flag.
my limbs fail: V. λύεται δέ μου μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).
bent spine and failing knee: V. διπλῆ ἄκανθα καὶ παλίρροπον γόνυ (Euripides, Electra 492)
fail (to do a thing): P. and V. οὐ δύναμαι, οὐ δύνασθαι (infin.), οὐκ ἔχειν (infin.).
fail in, not succeed in: P. διαμαρτάνειν (gen.), ἀποτυγχάνειν (gen.), P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.). σφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἀποσφάλλεσθαι (gen.), V. ἀμπλακεῖν (gen.) (2nd aor.).
the gloom of night is dangerous to fail in: V. ἐνδυστυχῆσαι δεινὸν εὐφρόνης κνέφας (Euripides, Phoenissae 727).
be wanting in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
