embroil

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

bring into conflict: Ar. and P. διιστάναι, V. συνάπτειν (Euripides, Supplices 480); see set at variance, under variance.

to embroil Philip with the Olynthians: P. Ὀλυνθίους ἐκπολεμῆσαι Φιλίππῳ (Dem. 11).

confound: P. and V. ταράσσειν, συνταράσσειν, συγχεῖν.

be embroiled in: P. and V. ἐμπλέκεσθαι (dat.), V. συζυγῆναι (dat.) (2nd aor. pass. of συζευγνύναι).

if you are come not to embroil, but to help unravel: V. εἰ μὴ συνάψων ἀλλὰ συλλύσων πάρει (Sophocles, Ajax 1317).