scrape
From LSJ
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
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).
