distress
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
vex, annoy: P. and V. λυπεῖν, ἀνιᾶν, δάκνειν, ὄχλον παρέχειν (dat.), Ar. and P. πράγματα παρέχειν (dat.), ἐνοχλεῖν (acc. or dat.), ἀποκναίειν, Ar. and V. κνίζειν, πημαίνειν (also Plat. but rare P.), τείρειν, V. ὀχλεῖν, γυμνάζειν, ἀλγύνειν; see vex. harass: P. and V. πιέζειν. Be distressed: P. and V. βαρύνεσθαι, κάμνειν, πονεῖν, P. ἀδημονεῖν, ἀγωνιᾶν, κακοπαθεῖν, V. θυμοφθορεῖν, μογεῖν, ἀσχάλλειν (Dem. 555, but rare P.), ἀτᾶσθαι; see be vexed, under vex. Be in difficulties: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
subs.
vexation: P. and V. λύπη. ἡ, ἀνία, ἡ, ἀχθηδών, ἡ. sorrow, trouble: P. ταλαιπωρία, ἡ, κακοπάθεια, ἡ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ, πῆμα, τό, πημονή, ἡ, δύη, ἡ, οἰζύς, ἡ, Ar. and V. πόνος, ὁ, ἄχος, τό. difficulty, perplexity: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
