embroil
From LSJ
Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν → Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
bring into conflict: Ar. and P. διιστάναι, V. συνάπτειν (Euripides, Supplices 480); see set at variance, under variance.
to embroil Philip with the Olynthians: P. Ὀλυνθίους ἐκπολεμῆσαι Φιλίππῳ (Dem. 11).
confound: P. and V. ταράσσειν, συνταράσσειν, συγχεῖν.
be embroiled in: P. and V. ἐμπλέκεσθαι (dat.), V. συζυγῆναι (dat.) (2nd aor. pass. of συζευγνύναι).
if you are come not to embroil, but to help unravel: V. εἰ μὴ συνάψων ἀλλὰ συλλύσων πάρει (Sophocles, Ajax 1317).
