embroil
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
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).
