scramble

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb intransitive

jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι.

every man is scrambling for a front seat: Ar. εἰς τὴν προεδρίαν πᾶς ἀνὴρ ὠστίζεται (Acharnians 42).

by pushing and scrambling he got round unobserved: P. χαλεπῶς καὶ μόλις περιελθὼν ἔλαθε (Thuc. 4, 36).

scramble up: see climb.

substantive

jostling: P. ὠθισμός, ὁ.

confusion: P. ταραχή, ἡ, P. and V. θόρυβος, ὁ.

competition: P. φιλονεικία, P. and V. ἔρις, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ.

rush: P. ἐπιδρομή, ἡ.