recede
From LSJ
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀναχωρεῖν (Euripides, Rhesus), Ar. and P. ἐπαναχωρεῖν, ὑποχωρεῖν.
of an inundation: P. ὑπονοστεῖν.
I do not recede from my position: P. οὐκ ἐξίσταμαι (Thuc. 2, 61).
