pluck

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Use courage.

verb transitive

cull: P. and V. δρέπειν or mid.) (Plato).

deprive (of hair, feathers, etc.): Ar. and V. τίλλειν, Ar. ἀποτίλλειν.

Met., see fleece.

the females help to pluck out his feathers: Ar. αἱ θήλειαι προσεκτίλλουσιν αὐτοῦ τὰ πτερά (Ar. 286).

seize hold of: P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).

pluck out: P. and V. ἀποσπᾶν.

newly plucked, newly gathered: V. νεόδρεπτος, νεόδροπος, νεοσπάς.