grapple
From LSJ
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Make fast: P. and V. συνάπτειν, προσάπτειν, V. ὀχμάζειν; see fasten. Grapple with, seize hold of: P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.). Take in hand: P. and V. ἔχεσθαι (gen), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἀνθάπτεσθαι (gen.). Come to close quarters with: lit. or met., Ar. and P. ὁμόσε ἰέναι (dat. or absol.), Ar. and V. ὁμόσε χωρεῖν (dat.).
