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From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. καταρρηγνύναι, σπαράσσειν (Plato), Ar. and V. καταξαίνειν (also Xen.), διασπαράσσειν, διασπᾶσθαι, V. ῥηγνύναι (rare P. uncompounded), σπᾶν, κνάπτειν, ἀρταμεῖν, διαρταμεῖν.
rend in pieces: V. διαφέρω, διαφέρειν, Ar. and V. διαφορεῖν.
