wring
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
squeeze together: P. συμπιέζειν.
extort: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι. βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι: see extort.
wring one's hands in sign of grief: see P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (lit., beat the breast).
harass, vex: P. and V. πιέζειν, λυπεῖν, V. ἀλγύνειν, γυμνάζειν, Ar. and V. πημαίνειν, τείρειν.
