fail
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
with non-personal subject: P. ἐκλείπω, ἐκλείπειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
leave in the lurch: P. and V. λείπω, λείπειν, προλείπω, προλείπειν, καταλείπω, καταλείπειν, προϊέναι (or mid.), προδιδόναι.
you fail your friends in time of trouble: V. ἀπαυδᾶς ἐν κακοῖς φίλοισι σοῖς (Eur., Andromache 87).
when he saw his eyesight failing him: P. ἐπειδὴ ᾔσθετο… τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτὸν προδίδοντα (Dem. 1239).
verb intransitive
Of persons, meet with ill-success: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν, σφάλλεσθαι, ἐξαμαρτάνειν, πταίειν, P. ἀποτυγχάνειν, διαμαρτάνειν, V. ἀμπλακεῖν (2nd aor.), ἀπαμπλακεῖν (2nd aor.).
be unlucky: P. and V. δυστυχεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀτυχεῖν.
of things, not to succeed: P. and V. κακῶς χωρεῖν, οὐ προχωρεῖν.
his plan will succeed and mine will fail: V. τὰ τοῦδε μὲν πεπραγμέν' ἔσται τἀμὰ δ' ἡμαρτημένα (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 620).
give out: P. and V. ἐκλείπω, ἐκλείπειν, ἐλλείπειν, Ar. and V. λείπω, λείπειν (rare P.), Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
go bankrupt: P. and V. ἀνασκευάζεσθαι; see bankrupt.
flag: P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν, παρίεσθαι; see flag.
my limbs fail: V. λύεται δέ μου μέλη (Eur., Hecuba 438).
bent spine and failing knee: V. διπλῆ ἄκανθα καὶ παλίρροπον γόνυ (Eur., Electra 492) fail (to do a thing): P. and V. οὐ δύναμαι, δύνασθαι (infin.), οὐκ ἔχειν (infin.).
fail in, not succeed in: P. διαμαρτάνειν (gen.), ἀποτυγχάνειν (gen.), P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.). σφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἀποσφάλλεσθαι (gen.), V. ἀμπλακεῖν (gen.) (2nd aor.).
the gloom of night is dangerous to fail in: V. ἐνδυστυχῆσαι δεινὸν εὐφρόνης κνέφας (Eur., Phoenissae 727).
be wanting in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
