straiten

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

narrow: P. and V. συνάγειν, συστέλλειν.

press hard: P. and V. πιέζειν.

be straitened, be hard pressed: P. and V. πονεῖν, ταλαιπωρεῖν; under press.

straitened circumstances: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see poverty.

being in straitened circumstances: V. ἐν σμικροῖσιν ὤν.

be in straightened circumstances, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν.