crush
ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν περ → he will obey you to his profit, he will obey you for his own good end
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
break in pieces: συντρίβειν (Euripides, Cyclops), Ar. and V. θραύειν (Plato but rare P.),V. συνθραύειν, συναράσσειν, ἐρείκειν.
squeeze: Ar. and P. πιέζειν, θλίβειν, P. συμπιέζειν.
Met., weigh down: P. and V. πιέζειν.
be crushed: P. and V. πιέζεσθαι, βαρύνεσθαι.
subdue: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, καταστρέφεσθαι, κατεργάζεσθαι.
put an end to, check: P. and V. παύειν, κατέχειν, Ar. and P. καταπαύειν.
crush by war: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).
crushed beneath the roots of Etna: V. ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 365).
ere ye be crushed by blows, why tarry ye to rice and dash together at the gates? V. πρὶν κατεξάνθαι βολαῖς τί μέλλετ' ἄρδην πάντες ἐμπίπτειν πύλαις; (Euripides, Phoenissae 1145).
easy to crush: P. εὔληπτος, εὐκαθαίρετος.
