coruscate

From LSJ

ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. intrans.

P. and V. στίλβειν (Plat.), ἐκλάμπειν (Plat.), ἀστράπτειν (Plat.); see glitter.

Met., see excel.