toss
Πυλάδη, σε γὰρ δὴ πρῶτον ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ πιστὸν νομίζω καὶ φίλον ξένον τ' ἐμοί → Pylades for indeed I consider you, foremost among men, loyal and kind and a host to me (Euripides' Electra 82-83)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
throw: P. and V. βάλλειν, ῥίπτειν, V. δικεῖν (2nd aor.); see throw.
brandish: P. and V. σείειν, Ar. and V. πάλλειν, κραδαίνειν, τινάσσειν.
rock: P. and V. σείειν, V. σαλεύειν.
swing: V. σφενδονᾶν, διαφέρω, διαφέρειν, Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν, P. αἰωρεῖν.
toss the head: Ar. κερουτιᾶν (Equites 1344).
toss to and fro: V. διασφαιρίζειν. Ar. and V. στροβεῖν.
extemporise: P. αὐτοσχεδιάζειν.
verb intransitive
turn over and over: Ar. στρέφεσθαι (Nubes 36), ῥιπτάζεσθαι (Lys. 27).
be disturbed: Ar. and V. στροβεῖσθαι.
toss about at sea: P. ἀποσαλεύειν.
rock to and fro: P. and V. σαλεύειν.
wave: P. and V. αἰωρεῖσθαι.
be tossed as in a storm, met.: P. and V. χειμάζεσθαι, σαλεύειν.
tossed on the sea: V. θαλασσόπλαγκτος, θαλάσσῃ ἐναιωρούμενος (Euripides, Cyclops 700).
