wring
From LSJ
ἆρ' ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη → can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords, can it be that their swords are blunted at the sight of her beauty
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
squeeze together: P. συμπιέζειν.
extort: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι. βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι: see extort.
wring one's hands in sign of grief: see P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (lit., beat the breast).
harass, vex: P. and V. πιέζειν, λυπεῖν, V. ἀλγύνειν, γυμνάζειν, Ar. and V. πημαίνειν, τείρειν.
