baulk

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

cause to fail: P. and V. σφάλλω, σφάλλειν.

baulk of: P. and V. ψεύδειν (τινά τινος), P. ἐκκρούειν (τινά τινος); see baffle.

be baulked of: see lose.

in sooth much have my hopes baulked me of my reckoning: V. ἦ πολύ με δόξης ἐξέπαισαν ἐλπίδες (Euripides, h. F. 460).