prick
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
pierce: P. and V. τετραίνειν.
sting: Ar. and P. κεντεῖν, V. χρίειν.
good (a horse, etc.): P. κεντρίζειν (Xen.).
Met., trouble: P. and V. δάκνειν; see trouble.
prick the ears: V. ὀρθὸν οὖς ἱστάναι (Sophocles, Electra 27).
substantive
wound: P. and V. τραῦμα, τό; see wound.
bite: Ar. and P. δῆγμα, τό (Xen.).
Met., P. and V. κέντρον, τό; see sting.
you will not kick against the pricks: V. οὔκουν… πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 322).
do not kick against the pricks: V. πρὸς κέντρα μὴ λάκτιζε (Aesch., Agamemnon 1624).
