scrape

Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Ar. and P. ξεῖν.

Shave: P. and V. ξυρεῖν.

Scrape away: V. διαμᾶν (acc.), P. διαμᾶσθαι (acc.) (Thuc. 4, 26).

Scrape together (a livelihood, etc.): P. and V. συλλέγειν.

subs.

Difficulty, trouble: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see trouble.

What a scrape I have got myself into: Ar. εἰς οἷʼ ἐμαυτὸν εἰσεκύλισα πράγματα (Thesm. 651, cf. 766).