crouch
From LSJ
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. καταπτήσσειν, Ar. and V. πτήσσειν (Plato also but rare P.), V. πτώσσειν, συσταλῆναι (2nd aor. pass., συστέλλειν), ὑποπτήσσειν; see cower.
they crouched beneath their rounded shields: V. ὑφίζανον κύκλοις (Euripides, Phoenissae 1382).
