distract
From LSJ
Μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
confuse: P. and V. ταράσσειν, συνταράσσειν, ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν, θράσσειν (Plato but rare P.), Ar. and V. κλονεῖν, στροβεῖν.
be distracted, be in doubt: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.); see be in difficulties, under difficulty.
of the state: P. and V. νοσεῖν, Ar. and P. στασιάζειν.
be mad: P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι, οὐ φρονεῖν, παραφρονεῖν, μαίνεσθαι, λυσσᾶν (Plato), Ar. and V. ἀλύειν; see mad.