unman

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verb transitive

dishearten: P. εἰς ἀθυμίαν καθιστάναι.

break down: P. and V. κατακλᾶν (Euripides, Cyclops 677), V. κακίζειν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1436), θηλύνειν (Euripides, Fragment also Xen.), P. διαθρύπτειν.

in sooth you will unman me: V. ἔκ τοί με τήξεις (Euripides, Orestes 1047).

be unmanned: P. and V. κακίζεσθαι, P. μαλακίζεσθαι, ἐπικλασθῆναι (aor. pass. of ἐπικλᾶν), διαθρύπτεσθαι, ἀποθρύπτεσθαι.

be disheartened: P. and V. ἀθυμεῖν.

if any one see you unmanned, he will not praise you: V. εἴ σ' ὄψεταί τις θῆλυν ὄντ' οὐκ αἰνέσει (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1412).