wring
From LSJ
Ζῆθι προσεχόντως ὡς μακρὰν ἐγγὺς βλέπων → Ne temere vivas: specta longa et proxima → Pass auf im Leben: blick auf das, was fern und nah
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
squeeze together: P. συμπιέζειν.
extort: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι. βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι: see extort.
wring one's hands in sign of grief: see P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (lit., beat the breast).
harass, vex: P. and V. πιέζειν, λυπεῖν, V. ἀλγύνειν, γυμνάζειν, Ar. and V. πημαίνειν, τείρειν.
