scrape
From LSJ
Θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν → Homo natus id, quod instat, ut videas, age → Als sterblich Wesen mühe dich zu seh'n, was folgt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
scrape away: V. διαμᾶν (acc.), P. διαμᾶσθαι (acc.) (Thuc. 4, 26).
scrape together (a livelihood, etc.): P. and V. συλλέγειν.
substantive
difficulty, trouble: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see trouble.
what a scrape I have got myself into: Ar. εἰς οἷ' ἐμαυτὸν εἰσεκύλισα πράγματα (Thesmophoriazusae 651, cf. 766).
