bandy
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
verb transitive
bandy words: V. συμβάλλειν λόγους
words of reproach were bandied about: V. λόγοι… ἐρρόθουν κακοί (Soph., Antigone 259).
why do I thus bandy words with you? V. τί ταῦτα σοῖς ἁμιλλῶμαι λόγοις; (Eur., Hippolytus 971).
bandy about, keep talking of: V. ἀνὰ στόμα έχειν, ἐνδατεῖσθαι; see circulate.
