tumble
From LSJ
τὸ ζῷον τοῦτο οὐ μονῆρες καὶ αὐθέκαστον, ἀλλὰ κοινωνικὸν καὶ πολιτικόν → this animal is not solitary and self-sufficient, but social and political
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κυλινδεῖν (Xen. also Ar.); see roll.
tumble a person in the mud: P. ῥάσσειν (τινὰ), εἰς τὸν βόρβορον (Dem. 1259).
verb intransitive
fall: P. and V. πίπτειν; see fall.
roll: P. and V. κυλινδεῖσθαι, also Ar. and V. κυλίνδεσθαι (Sophocles, Fragment).
tumble down: Ar. and P. καταρρεῖν; see fall.
tumble off: P. and V. ἐκπίπτειν, V. ἐκκυλίνδεσθαι, ἐκκυβιστᾶν, ἐκνεύειν; see fall off.
substantive
See fall.
