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Ζῶμεν γὰρ οὐχ ὡς θέλομεν, ἀλλ' ὡς δυνάμεθα → Ut quimus, haud ut volumus, aevum ducimus → nicht wie wir wollen, sondern können, leben wir

Menander, Monostichoi, 190

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verb transitive

persuade: P. and V. πείθειν, ἀναπείθειν (Eur., Helen 825), V. ἐκπείθειν.

induce: P. and V. προτρέπειν (or mid.), ἐπάγειν, προάγειν, ἐπαίρειν, P. ἐπισπᾶν.

incite: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ἐξορμᾶν, ἐπικελεύειν, ἐγκελεύειν, ἐποτρύνειν (Thuc.), ἐξοτρύνειν (Thuc.), P. ἐνάγειν, V. ὀτρύνειν, ἐπισείειν, ὀρνύναι, ἐπεγκελεύειν (Eur., Cyclops); see also rouse, advise.

protest in argument: P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι, διαμάχεσθαι.

hurry on: P. and V. ἐπείγειν, σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν, P. κατεπείγειν, V. ἐπισπέρχειν (rare P.).

they sought to urge on the war: P. ἐνῆγον πόλεμον (Thuc. 1, 67).

urge against: V. ἐπορνύναι (τινά τινι) (Eur., Cyclops 12).

urge as an excuse: P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.), προβάλλειν (mid. also in P.), προὔχεσθαι, προΐστασθαι (Eur., Cyclops 319), P. προφασίζεσθαι, προΐσχεσθαι, V. προτείνειν.

on just grounds, I urge this plea: V. τῷ μὲν δικαίῳ τόνδ' ἁμιλλῶμαι λόγον (Eur., Hecuba 271).

urge a claim: P. δικαίωσιν προφέρειν (Thuc. 5, 17).