push

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verb transitive

P. and V. ὠθεῖν.

pushing (me) into the mud: P. ῥαξάντες εἰς τὸν βόρβορον (Dem. 1259).

jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι (dat.).

hurry on: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.

importune: P. and V. λιπαρεῖν; (Plato); see press.

Absol., force one's way: P. βιάζεσθαι.

wishing to push their present success to the uttermost: P. βουλόμενοι τῇ παρούσῃ τύχῃ ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐπεξελθεῖν (Thuc. 4, 14).

he who pushes to extremes his success in war: P. ὁ ἐν πολέμῳ εὐτυχίᾳ πλεονάζων (Thuc. 1, 120).

push oneself into: Ar. and P. εἰσδύεσθαι εἰς (acc.).

push away: P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι, V. ἐξαπωθεῖν.

push back: P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι; see repulse.

push forward, (as leader, etc.): P. προτάσσειν.

offer: P. and V. προτείνειν; see thrust forward; verb intransitive: P. and V. ἐπείγεσθαι; see advance, hurry. push on, verb intransitive: use hurry, advance.

push off, verb transitive: see push away.

in nautical sense: P. and V. ἀπαίρειν; see put out.

push over: P. and V. καταβάλλειν.

substantive

P. ὠθισμός, ὁ.

violence: P. and V. βία, ἡ.

Met., energy, zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.

effrontery: P. and V. θράσος, τό, ἀναίδεια, ἡ, ὕβρις, ἡ.