baulk
From LSJ
Μή μοι γένοιθ', ἃ βούλομ', ἀλλ' ἃ συμφέρει → Ne sit mihi, quod cupio, sed quod expedit → nicht was ich will, geschehe mir, doch was mir nützt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
cause to fail: P. and V. σφάλλω, σφάλλειν.
baulk of: P. and V. ψεύδειν (τινά τινος), P. ἐκκρούειν (τινά τινος); see baffle.
be baulked of: see lose.
in sooth much have my hopes baulked me of my reckoning: V. ἦ πολύ με δόξης ἐξέπαισαν ἐλπίδες (Eur., h. F. 460).
