lighten
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν, κουφίζειν, V. ἐξευμαρίζειν.
lighten by drawing off: P. and V. ἀπαντλεῖν (Plato).
verb intransitive
of lightning: P. and V. ἀστράπτειν (Plato).
