idle
From LSJ
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ἀργός (Euripides, Electra 80), ῥᾴθυμος, P. ἄπονος.
vain, useless: P. and V. μάταιος, κενός, ἀνήνυτος.
he made no idle boast: V. οὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος (Sophocles, Trachiniae 258).
idle talk, babble: Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ, φλυαρία, ἡ, P. ληρήματα, τά.
boast: P. κουφολογία, ἡ (Thuc.), V. κόμπος, ὁ, Ar. and V. κομπάσματα, τά.
verb intransitive
P. and V. ἀργεῖν (Euripides, Phoenissae 625), P. ἀργῶς ἔχειν, ῥᾳθυμεῖν, Ar. and V. ἐλινύειν.
let one's hand be idle: V. καταργεῖν χέρα (Euripides, Phoenissae 753).
