intimidate
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. φοβεῖν, ἐκφοβεῖν, ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν, P. καταπλήσσω, καταπλήσσειν; see frighten.
