sprain
From LSJ
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
he has sprained his ankle: Ar. τὸ σφύρον ἐξεκόκκισε Acharnians 1179).
be sprained: P. διαστρέφεσθαι.
have one's feet sprained: V. τοὺς πόδας σπασθῆναι (aor. pass. of σπᾶν) (Eur., Cyclops 638).
