βλάβω
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (Autenrieth)
aor. ἔβλαψα, βλάψα, pass. pres. βλάβεται, perf. part. βεβλαμμένος, aor. 1, 3 pl., ἐβλάφθησαν, part. βλαφθείς, aor. 2 ἐβλάβην, 3 pl. ἔβλαβεν, βλάβεν: impede, arrest; τόν γε θεοὶ βλάπτουσι κελεύθου, Od. 1.195; (ἵππω) ὄζῳ ἐνὶ βλαφθέντε, ‘caught’ in, Il. 6.39, Il. 15.647 ; βλάψε δέ οἱ φίλα γούνατα, Il. 7.271; so pass., βλάβεται γούνατα, ‘totter,’ Od. 13.34 ; βεβλαμμένον· ἦτορ, ‘arrested in life's flow,’ i. e. ‘wounded in the heart,’ Il. 16.660; metaph., harm the mind., infatuate; τὸν δέ τις ἆθανάτων βλἁψε φρένας, Od. 14.178; and without φρένας, (-Ἄτη) βλάπτουσ' ἀνθρώπους, Il. 9.507; pass., βλαφθείς, Il. 9.512.
