disarm
Ὅμοια πόρνη δάκρυα καὶ ῥήτωρ ἔχει → Lacrumae oratori eaedem ac meretrici cadunt → Von Dirne und von Redner sind die Tränen gleich
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
V. γυμνοῦν ὅπλων (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1382).
strip (the dead) of arms: P. and V. σκυλεύειν; (Euripides, Phoen, 1417).
they disarmed me of both my coverings: V. γυμνόν μ' ἔθηκαν διπτύχου στολίσματος (Euripides, Hecuba 1156).
they consented to be disarmed, and each ransomed for a fixed sum: P. συνέβησαν ῥητοῦ ἕκαστον ἀργυρίου ἀπολυθῆναι ὅπλα παράδοντας (Thuc. 4, 69).
be disarmed: P. ἀφαιρεθῆναι τὰ ὅπλα (Lys.).
disarmed: P. παρηρημένος τὰ ὅπλα (Dcm.).
Met., disarm (anger, suspicion, etc.): P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν, παραιρεῖν (or mid.), V. ἀφαιρέω, ἀφαιρεῖν.
gentleness meeting violence and rage disarms them of their excess: V. τῷ γὰρ βιαίῳ κἀγρίῳ τὸ μαλθακὸν εἰς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὸν τοῦ λίαν παρείλετο (Euripides, Fragment).
