worm
From LSJ
οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. εὐλή, ἡ (Herodotus and Aristotle).
creeping thing: P. and V. ἑρπετόν, τό.
verb transitive
worm one's way into: Ar. and P. εἰσδύεσθαι (εἰς, acc.); see steal into.
worm one's way into a person's favour: P. and V. ὑποτρέχειν (τινά), ὑπέρχεσθαι (τινά).