disentangle
From LSJ
Τῶν δυστυχούντων εὐτυχὴς οὐδεὶς φίλος → Felix amicus nullus infelicibus → für die im Unglück ist kein Glücklicher ein Freund
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. λύω, λύειν, V. ἀναπτύσσειν, ἐξελίσσειν.
make clear: P. and V. σαφηνίζειν (Xenophon but rare P.).
whenever they closed with one another they could not easily get disentangled: P. ἐπειδὴ προσβάλοιεν ἀλλήλοις οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο (Thuc. 1, 49).
