wrestle
From LSJ
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
contend: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι.
wrestle with: P. προσπαλαίειν (dat.); see contend with.
wrestle with (perils): P. and V. ἀθλεῖν (acc.) (Plato).
strong is wine and hard to wrestle with: V. δεινὸς γὰρ οἶνος καὶ παλαίεσθαι βαρύς (Eur., Cyclops 678).