flutter
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
flap: P. and V. σείειν, κινεῖν, V. σαλεύειν (Eur., Cyclops 434); see flap.
agitate: P. and V. ταράσσειν, συνταράσσειν, ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν, θράσσειν (Plato but rare P.), ἀναπτεροῦν (Plato), Ar. and V. στροβεῖν.
verb intransitive
be agitated: P. and V ταράσσεσθαι, ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, ἐπτοῆσθαι (perf. pass. πτοεῖν) (Plato), ἀναπτεροῦσθαι (Xen.); see agitate.
fluttered, adj.: use also V. πεπαλμένος.
she was fluttered: V. ἐξεπτοήθη (Eur., Cyclops 185).
palpitate, v.; P. and V. πηδᾶν, V. ὀρχεῖσθαι.
substantive
agitation: P. ταραχή, ἡ, P. and V. ἔκπληξις, ἡ, V. ταραγμός, ὁ. τάραγμα, τό, ἀνακίνησις, ἡ.
be in a flutter: use be fluttered, v.
