stagger
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Ar. and P. ἰλιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).
reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see reel.
swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν. V. προλείπω, προλείπειν; see swoon.
she staggers back: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ (Euripides, Medea 1168).
be distressed: P. and V. κάμνειν; see labour.
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν, ἐξιστάναι, P. καταπλήσσω, καταπλήσσειν; see dismay.
