retrench

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ἐγὼ δ' ἀνάγκῃ προύμαθον στέργειν κακά → I have been slowly schooled by necessity to endure misery

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. trans.

Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν. Absol., use P. δαπάνας συντέμνειν. Retrenching generally with a view to economy: P. τἄλλα . . . συστελλόμενοι εἰς εὐτέλειαν (Thuc. 8, 4).