faint

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

indistinct: P. ἀμυδρός, V. ἀμαυρός; see dim.

weak physically: P. and V. ἀσθενής, P. ἀπειρηκώς, ἄρρωστος, V. ἄναλκις, ἄναρθρος.

limp: V. ὑγρός, ἔκλυτος.

Met., slight: P. and V. λεπτός, ὀλίγος, βραχύς, μικρός, σμικρός.

substantive

See swoon.

verb intransitive

flag: P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν, παρίεσθαι, κάμνειν (rare P.), προκάμνειν (rare P.), P. παραλύεσθαι, ἐκλύεσθαι, ἀποκάμνειν, ἀπαγορεύειν.

swoon: λιποθυμέω, P. λιποψυχέω, V. προλείπω, προλείπω, ἀποπλήσσομαι, ἀποπλήσσω, P. and V. ἐκθνήσκω (Plato), Ar. ὡρακιάω.

I swoon and my limbs faint: V. προλείπω λύεται δέ μου μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).

lose heart: P. and V. ἀθυμέω; see despond.