caress
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἁσπάζεσθαι, V. θέλγειν, θιγγάνειν (gen.), προσπτύσσεσθαι; see touch, embrace.
stroke: Ar. and P. καταψᾶν, P. and V. ψήχειν (Xen. also Ar.), V. καταψήχειν.
fawn on: Ar. and V. αἰκάλλειν (acc.), V. θώπτειν (acc.).
substantive
V. ἀσπάσματα, τά, θωπεύματα, τά; see kiss, embrace.
I gave and received caresses: V. φίλας χάριτας ἔδωκα κἀντεδεξάμην (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1222).
