οπισθοχωρώ

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ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)

Source

Greek Monolingual

-έω
1. κινούμαι προς τα πίσω, υποχωρώ
2. στρ. εκτελώ οπισθοχώρηση.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οπισθ(ο)- + -χωρώ (< χώρος), πρβλ. υπο-χωρώ].