wrestle
From LSJ
Χεὶρ χεῖρα νίπτει, δάκτυλοι δὲ δακτύλους → Digitum lavat digitus et manum manus → Die Finger waschen Finger, die Hand die andre Hand
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
contend: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι.
wrestle with: P. προσπαλαίειν (dat.); see contend with.
wrestle with (perils): P. and V. ἀθλεῖν (acc.) (Plato).
strong is wine and hard to wrestle with: V. δεινὸς γὰρ οἶνος καὶ παλαίεσθαι βαρύς (Eur., Cyclops 678).
