spur
From LSJ
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Lit. and Met., P. and V. κέντρον, τό.
Of a cock: Ar. πλῆκτρον, τό.
Reproaches are as a spur to the wise: V. ὀνείδη τοῖς σώφροσιν ἀντίκεντρα γίγνεται (Aesch., Eum. 136).
On the spur of the moment: P. ἀπὸ βραχείας διανοίας; see off-hand.
v. trans.
Lit. and Met., P. and V. κεντεῖν, P. κεντρίζειν (Xen.).
Urge on: P. and V. ἐπικελεύειν, ἐγκελεύειν, ἐποτρύνειν; see urge on.
