extort
From LSJ
Ἔρωτα παύει λιμὸς ἢ χαλκοῦ σπάνις → Amorem inopia nummi sedat aut fames → Die Liebe stillt der Hunger oder Geldmangel
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
exact: P. and V. πράσσειν, ἐκπράσσειν, εἰσπράσσεσθαι, P. εἰσπράσσειν, Ar. and P. πράσσεσθαι, ἀναπράσσειν.
take away: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι.
Met., evoke (tears, etc.): P. and V. ἐκκαλεῖσθαι, V. ἐξάγειν (Euripides, Supplices 770).
perchance this reproach may have slipped out, extorted from him by anger: V. ἀλλ' ἦλθε μὲν δὴ τοῦτο τοὔνειδος τάχ' ἂν ὀργῇ βιασθέν]] (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 523).
