δραίνω

ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

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Full diacritics: δραίνω	Medium diacritics: δραίνω	Low diacritics: δραίνω	Capitals: ΔΡΑΙΝΩ
Transliteration A: draínō	Transliteration B: drainō	Transliteration C: draino	Beta Code: drai/nw

English (LSJ)

A to be ready to do, Il.10.96. II have strength, δ. μυἶ ὅσον Herod.1.15, cf. 2.95.

[Seite 664] entst. aus δρανἰω, thun wollen, Homer einmal, Iliad. 10, 96, vgl. Apoll. Lex. Hom p. 60, 17.

δραίνω: κατὰ πολὺ ὅμοιον τῷ δρασείω, εἶμαι ἔτοιμος, πρόθυμος νὰ πράξω, Ἰλ. Κ. 96.

seul. prés.
vouloir faire une chose.
Étymologie: δράω.

(δράω): wish to act or do anything, Il. 10.96†.