wriggle
From LSJ
εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν χειροτονεῖτε τοὺς ταξιάρχους καὶ τοὺς φυλάρχους, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον → you elect taxiarchs and phylarchs for the marketplace not for war
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Ar. and P. λυγίζεσθαι (act. Ar.). P. ἰλυσπᾶσθαι. V. εἰλύεσθαι.
shift about: P. and V. στρέφεσθαι.
wriggle out of, met.: Ar. and P. διαδύεσθαι. (acc. or absol.); see escape.
