δυσθανατέω
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
A to be loath to die, Hdt.9.72; struggle against death, die hard, Pl.R.406b, Thphr.HP3.11.3, Plu.Ant.77, etc.; also, to be sick to death with desire, περί τι Ph.2.167; to be deadly obstinate, περί τι ib.100: abs., to be in deadly terror, ib.173.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δυσθανατέω: μετὰ δυσκολίας ἀποθνήσκω, βραδὺν θάνατον ἀποθνήσκω, Ἡρόδ. 9. 72· παλαίω, ἀγωνίζομαι ἐναντίον τοῦ θανάτου, Πλάτ. Πολ. 406Β.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
c. δυσθανατάω.
