oppose
From LSJ
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐναντιοῦσθαι (dat.). ἀνθίστασθαι (dat.), ἀντιτείνειν (dat.). P. ἀνταίρειν (dat.). ἐνίστασθαι (dat.), ἀντιπράσσειν (absol.). V. ἀντιβαίνειν (dat.). ἀντιοῦσθαι (dat.).
draw back, dissuade: V. ἀντισπᾶν; see dissuade.
oppose in battle: P. and V. ἀντιτάσσεσθαι (dat. or absol.).
the opposing (the enemy's) generals: P. οἱ ἀντιστρατηγοί.
set one against another: P. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι, ἀντιτάσσειν, P. ἀντικαθιστάναι.
oppose (by word): P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν (dat.), ἀντειπεῖν (dat.).
