clutches

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).