crisis
From LSJ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. καιρός, ὁ.
Critical moment: P. and V. ἀκμή, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ.
To have reached a crisis: P. εἰς ἀνάγκην ἀφῖχθαι, ἐπʼ ἀκμὴν ἥκειν.
Is it not now the crisis? V. οὐ γὰρ νῦν ἀκμή; (Eur., El. 275).
In the crisis of fate: V. ἐν χρείᾳ τύχης (Aesch., Theb. 506).
The trouble is at its beginning, and not yet at the crisis: V. ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα, κοὐδέπω μεσοῖ (Eur., Med. 60).
Be at a crisis: V. ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι (Soph., Trach. 82), P. ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς εἶναι (Thuc. 5, I03).
At so dread a crisis do ye stand: V. ὦδʼ ἔβητʼ ἐπὶ ξυροῦ (Eur., H.F. 630).
