wrestle
From LSJ
αἰτῶ δ' ὑγίειαν πρῶτον, εἶτ' εὐπραξίαν, τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀφείλειν μηδενί → first health, good fortune next, and third rejoicing; last, to owe nought to any man
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 (Euripides, Cyclops 678).
