batter
From LSJ
και ἅμα ἐλευθέραν καὶ εὐδοξοτάτην πόλιν διὰ παντὸς νεμόμεθα και δύναται μάλιστα σωφροσύνη ἔμφρων τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι → Just remember, we're a people with a long-standing reputation for freedom, a people held in the highest honor. Slowness to act can be nothing more than a mark of clear-headed self-control (Spartan King Archidamus)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
strike: P. and V. κρούειν, κόπτειν, συγκόπτειν (Eur., Cyclops), Ar. and V. παίειν (rare P.), ἀράσσειν, θείνειν.
break: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι, καταρρηγνύναι, ἀπορρηγνύναι, καταγνύναι, συντρίβειν (Eur., Cyclops), Ar. and V. θραύειν (rare P.), V. συνθραύειν, συναράσσειν.
batter down: P. and V. ἀνατρέπειν, κατασκάπτειν, P. κατασείειν, V. ἐρείπειν.
