bulwark

From LSJ

ὀδύνη λάζεται τὸν ἐγκέφαλον → pain seizes the brain, pain attacks the head

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ἔρυμα, τό, ἔπαλξις, ἡ, τεῖχος, τό, V. ἕρκος, τό.

Met., of a person: V. ἔρεισμα, τό, πύργος, ὁ; see defence.

bulwark against: P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό (gen.), V. ἔρυμα, τό (gen.), ῥύμα, τό (gen.), ἔπαλξις, ή (gen.), ἀλκή, ἡ (gen.), P. προβολή, ἡ (gen.).

bulwarks of a ship: V. παραρρύσεις νεώς (Aesch., Supplices 715).