stagger
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. intrans.
Ar. and P. ἰλιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).
Reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see reel.
Swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν. V. προλείπειν; see swoon.
She staggers back: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ (Eur., Med. 1168).
Be distressed: P. and V. κάμνειν; see labour.
V. trans. P. and V. ἐκπλήσσειν, ἐξιστάναι, P. καταπλήσσειν; see dismay.
subs.
P. ἴλιγγος, ὁ.
