wring

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

twist: P. and V. στρέφειν.

squeeze together: P. συμπιέζειν.

extort: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι. βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι: see extort.

wring one's hands in sign of grief: see P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (lit., beat the breast).

harass, vex: P. and V. πιέζειν, λυπεῖν, V. ἀλγύνειν, γυμνάζειν, Ar. and V. πημαίνειν, τείρειν.