στέγειν

From LSJ

Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ᾽ ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ᾽ ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of money – money it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes

Sophocles, Antigone, 295-297

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also στέγω): contain, hold, shelter, be impervious to, be proof against, be waterproof, keep in, keep off, keep out