defeat
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
conquer: P. and V. νικᾶν, V. ὑπερβάλλεσθαι; see conquer.
baffle: P. and V. σφάλλω, σφάλλειν, P. ἐκκρούειν.
defeat a plot: P. καταπαύειν ἐπιβουλήν (Thuc. 8,. 24).
defeat at sea: P. καταναυμαχεῖν (acc.).
be defeated: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, σφάλλεσθαι.
