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From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
embrace: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι, V. περιβάλλειν, περιπτύσσειν (Plato also but rare P.), προσπτύσσειν (or mid.), ἀμφιβάλλειν, ἀμπίσχειν, ἀγκαλίζομαι.
Met., cling to: P. and V. ἔχεσθαι (gen.), ἀντέχεσθαι (gen.).
substantive
embrace: P. and V. περιβολαί, αἱ (Xen.), V. περιπτυχαί, αἱ, ἀσπάσματα, τά, see embrace.
