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Klemme

From LSJ

Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

German > Latin

Klemme, angustiae. – in die K. bringen, in angustias adducere; in angustum compellere: das bringt mich gerade in die K., hoc ipso premor. – in die K. kommen, geraten, in difficilem nodum incĭdere; in laqueos incĭdere: in angustias adduci; in angustum venire: in der K. sein, in arto esse; in angustiis esse od. haerere: etwas mehr (als jmd.) in der K. sein, angustius se habere. – den Geldausleihern aus der K. helfen, ex obsidione feneratores eximere.