provoke
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
make angry: P. and V. παροξύνειν, ὀργίζειν (Plato); see anger.
call into play: P. and V. κινεῖν, παρακαλεῖν, ἐγείρειν.
