allay
From LSJ
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
make lighter: P. and V. . ἀπαντλεῖν (Plato), ἐπικουφίζειν, V. ἐξευμαρίζειν.
lull to rest: V. κοιμᾶν, P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plato).
allay one's thirst: see quench.
