ἐλαύνειν
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐλαύνω): drive, ride, row, shed, drive away, drive in pursuit, drive into exile, drive out, drive to and fro, set a force in motion
Lexicon Thucydideum
abigere, to drive away, 1.126.2, 1.126.2,
similiter Ibid. bis. et similarly in the same place twice. And 1.127.1. 128, 1.126.2,
item likewise 1.135.1. 2.13.1,
Absol. absolutely remigare, to row back, 3.49.3,
iter facere, to march, 8.108.3, [vulgo commonly τοὺς ἴωνας].
