δραίνω
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
A to be ready to do, Il.10.96. II have strength, δ. μυἶ ὅσον Herod.1.15, cf. 2.95.
German (Pape)
[Seite 664] entst. aus δρανἰω, thun wollen, Homer einmal, Iliad. 10, 96, vgl. Apoll. Lex. Hom p. 60, 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δραίνω: κατὰ πολὺ ὅμοιον τῷ δρασείω, εἶμαι ἔτοιμος, πρόθυμος νὰ πράξω, Ἰλ. Κ. 96.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés.
vouloir faire une chose.
Étymologie: δράω.
English (Autenrieth)
(δράω): wish to act or do anything, Il. 10.96†.
Spanish (DGE)
1 estar dispuesto a hacer εἴ τι δραίνεις Il.10.96.
2 tener fuerza ἐγὼ δὲ δραίνω μυῖ' ὄσον tengo tanta fuerza como una mosca Herod.1.15, νῦν δείξετ' ἠ Κῶς κὠ Μέροψ κόσον δραίνει Herod.2.95.
• Etimología: Cf. 1 δράω.
Greek Monolingual
δραίνω (Α)
1. είμαι έτοιμος, πρόθυμος να κάνω κάτι
2. έχω δύναμη, ισχύ.
Greek Monotonic
δραίνω: κατά πολύ όμοιο με το δρασείω, είμαι έτοιμος, πρόθυμος να κάνω κάτι, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.