sprain
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
he has sprained his ankle: Ar. τὸ σφύρον ἐξεκόκκισε Acharnians 1179).
be sprained: P. διαστρέφεσθαι.
have one's feet sprained: V. τοὺς πόδας σπασθῆναι (aor. pass. of σπᾶν) (Eur., Cyclops 638).
