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Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Dishearten: P. εἰς ἀθυμίαν καθιστάναι.

Break down: P. and V. κατακλᾶν (Eur., Cycl. 677), V. κακίζειν (Eur., I. A. 1436), θηλύνειν (Eur., Frag. also Xen.), P. διαθρύπτειν.

In sooth you will unman me: V. ἔκ τοί με τήξεις (Eur., Or. 1047).

Be unmanned: P. and V. κακίζεσθαι, P. μαλακίζεσθαι, ἐπικλασθῆναι (aor. pass. of ἐπικλᾶν), διαθρύπτεσθαι, ἀποθρύπτεσθαι.

Be disheartened: P. and V. ἀθυμεῖν.

If any one see you unmanned, he will not praise you: V. εἴ σʼ ὄψεταί τις θῆλυν ὄντʼ οὐκ αἰνέσει (Eur., H. F. 1412).