flounder
From LSJ
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. κυλινδεῖσθαι. Ar. and V. κυλίνδεσθαι.
get out of one's depth: Met. P. βαπτίζεσθαι (Plato, Euthyd. 277D).