repulse

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. τροπή, ἡ.

refusal: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ, V. φθόνησις, ἡ; see refusal.

verb transitive

rout: P. and V. τρέπειν.

ward off: P. and V. ἀμύνεσθαι, V. ἐξαμύνεσθαι, ἀλέξεσθαι (also Xen. but rare P.).

how did you repulse the Argive spear from your gates: V. πῶς γὰρ Ἀργείων δόρυ πυλῶν ἀπεστήσασθε (Euripides, Phoenissae 1086).

beat off: P. ἀποκρούεσθαι, ἐκκρούειν.

drive away: P. and V. ἀπελαύνειν, ἐλαύνειν, ἐξελαύνειν, ἐξωθεῖν (or mid.), ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, V. ἐξαπωθεῖν (Euripides, Rhesus).

reject: P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), ἀπελαύνειν, παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, Ar. and V. ἀποπτύειν; see reject.