champion
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Protector, defender: P. and V. προστάτης, ὁ, τιμωρός, ὁ or ἡ, V. τιμάορος, ὁ or ἡ.
Leader: P. and V. ἡγεμών, ὁ or ἡ.
One who stands first: use adj., P. and V. πρῶτος.
Advocate, recommender: P. ἐξηγητής, ὁ.
Used adjectivally = of the highest excellence: P. and V. ἄκρος.
Be champion, take the first place: P. πρωτεύειν, P. and V. . ἀριστεύειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. προστατεῖν (gen.), τιμωρεῖν (dat.), προΐστασθαι (gen.), V. ὑπερμαχεῖν (gen.), ὑπερμάχεσθαι (gen.), ὑπερστατεῖν (gen.); see defend.
