coy
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
shy: P. αἰσχυντηλός.
be coy, v.: Ar. and P. θρύπτεσθαι, P. καλλωπίζεσθαι.
fortune is coy: V. τρυφᾷ δ' ὁ δαίμων (Euripides, Supplices 552.)
