faint
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
indistinct: P. ἀμυδρός, V. ἀμαυρός; see dim.
weak physically: P. and V. ἀσθενής, P. ἀπειρηκώς, ἄρρωστος, V. ἄναλκις, ἄναρθρος.
Met., slight: P. and V. λεπτός, ὀλίγος, βραχύς, μικρός, σμικρός.
substantive
See swoon.
verb intransitive
flag: P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν, παρίεσθαι, κάμνειν (rare P.), προκάμνειν (rare P.), P. παραλύεσθαι, ἐκλύεσθαι, ἀποκάμνειν, ἀπαγορεύειν.
swoon: λιποθυμέω, P. λιποψυχέω, V. προλείπω, ἀποπλήσσομαι, ἀποπλήσσω, P. and V. ἐκθνήσκω (Plato), Ar. ὡρακιάω.
I swoon and my limbs faint: V. προλείπω λύεται δέ μου μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).
lose heart: P. and V. ἀθυμέω; see despond.
