νήφω
ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο → fighting is what she can't do, for if she should fight she would shit
English (LSJ)
Dor. νάφω (v. infr. II), used by early writers only in pres., mostly in part.: later impf.
A ἔνηφον Chor. in Rev.Phil.1877.67: aor. ἔνηψα IEp.Pet.4.7, Orac. ap. Ael.Fr.103, J.AJ11.3.3, Procl. in Prm. p.741 S., (ἐξ-) Aret.SD1.5, (ἀν-) Nic.Dam.4 J.:—to be sober, drink no wine, οὔτε τι γὰρ ν. οὔτε λίην μεθύω Thgn.478; νήφειν Archil.4, Pl. Smp.213e, al.: part. νήφων as Adj., = νηφάλιος, Hdt.1.133, Ar.Lys. 1228; ὑμῖν ἀντέκυρσα . . νήφων ἀοίνοις S.OC100; ὑπ' ἐχθροῦ νήφοντος ὑβριζόμην D.21.74; τὸ τοὺς μεθύοντας . . . πλείω ζημίαν ἀποτίνειν τῶν ν. Lex Pittaciap. Arist.Pol.1274b20; μεθύοντα . . παρὰ νηφόντων λόγους παραβάλλειν Pl.Smp.214c; ν. θεός, i.e. water, Id.Lg.773d: prov., τὸ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ νήφοντος ἐπὶ τῆς γλώττης τοῦ μεθύοντος Plu.2.503f; [Ἀναξαγόρας] οἷον ν. ἑφάνη παρ' εἰκῇ λέγοντας Arist. Metaph.984b17; νήφων μεθύοντα ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης θεᾶται X.Smp.8.21; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται Alciphr.1.13. II metaph., to be self-controlled, Pl.Lg.918d; to be sober and wary, νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ' ἀπιστεῖν = keep a clear head and remember not to believe a thing Epich.[250]; γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν 1 Ep.Thess.5.6; νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς 1 Ep.Pet.l.c.; νήφων καὶ πεφροντικώς Plu. 2.800b; ν. καὶ φροντιστής Gal.17(1).991; προμηθής τε καὶ ν. Hdn.2.15.1; καρδίῃ νήφοντος Poet. ap. Longin.34.4; ν. λογισμός Epicur.Ep. 3p.64U. 2 ν. ἐκ κακοῦ recover oneself from... Ach.Tat.1.13; ἐγερθέντων καὶ νηψάντων ἀπὸ τῆς πτώσεως Procl.l.c.