clutches
From LSJ
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
fall into any one's clutches: P. and V. ὑποχείριος γίγνομαι, ὑποχείριος γίγνεσθαι (dat.).
get (a person) into one's clutche's: P. and V. ὑποχείριον λαμβάνειν (acc.), V. χείριον λαμβάνειν (acc.) (Euripides, Cyclops).
