devolve on
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λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες → staking distant ventures on nice balancings
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v.
P. and V. προσκεῖσθαι (dat.), προσγίγνεσθαι (dat.), P. περιίστασθαι εἰς (acc.), V. ῥέπειν εἰς (acc.).
revert to: P. ἀναχωρεῖν εἰς (acc.).
this task has devolved on me: πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν τόδε (Aesch., Eumenides 482).
