wrestle
From LSJ
Ὡς τῶν ἐχόντων πάντες ἄνθρωποι φίλοι → Opulento amicos, quos volunt, omnes habent → Wie sehr sind doch den Reichen alle Menschen Freund
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
contend: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι.
wrestle with: P. προσπαλαίειν (dat.); see contend with.
wrestle with (perils): P. and V. ἀθλεῖν (acc.) (Plato).
strong is wine and hard to wrestle with: V. δεινὸς γὰρ οἶνος καὶ παλαίεσθαι βαρύς (Euripides, Cyclops 678).
