wrestle
From LSJ
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
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 (Euripides, Cyclops 678).
