undo
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
P. and V. λύειν, ἐκλύειν.
Help to undo: V. συλλύειν.
Unbar: Ar. and V. χαλᾶν (rare P.), V. διαχαλᾶν.
Unfold: Ar. and P. ἀνελίσσειν, V. ἐξελίσσειν, ἀναπτύσσειν; see unfold.
Slacken: P. and V. χαλᾶν, ἀνιέναι, P. ἐπανιέναι. V. ἐξανιέναι.
Undo (shoes): Ar. and P. ὑπολύειν.
Cancel: P. and V. καθαιρεῖν, λύειν, Ar. and P. διαλύειν, P. ἄκυρον καθιστάναι; see cancel.
Destroy: P. and V. καθαιρεῖν; see destroy.
Ruin: P. and V. διαφθείρειν; see ruin.
Make undone: P. ἀγένητον τιθέναι (Plat., Prot. 324B).
(I go) to undo my former sins: V. λύσων ὅσʼ ἐξήμαρτος, ἐν τῷ πρὶν χρόνῳ (Soph., Phil. 1224).
