goad
From LSJ
Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) → Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Lit. and met., P. and V. κέντρον, τό.
(reproaches) are as goads to the wise: (ὀνείδη) τοῖς σώφροσιν… ἀντίκεντρα γίγνεται (Aesch., Eumenides 136.).
verb transitive
P. κεντρίζειν (Xen.).
urge on: P. and V. ἐπικελεύειν, ἐγκελεύειν, ἐποτρύνειν (Thuc.), ἐξοτρύνειν (Thuc.), P. κατεπείγειν, V. ὀτρύνειν.
