narrow

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. στενός, V. στενόπορος.

Met., illiberal: P. μικρόψυχος.

narrow means: P. and V. πενία, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ); see poverty.

have a narrow escape from: use P. and V. μόλις φεύγω, μόλις φεύγειν (acc.).

so narrow was your escape: V. ὧδ' ἔβητ' ἐπὶ ξυροῦ (Euripides, Hercules Furens 630).

so narrow an escape had Mitylene: P. παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἡ Μυτιλήνη ἦλθε κινδύνου (Thuc. 3, 49).

I had a narrow escape from being killed: P. παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν (Isoc. 388E).

verb transitive

P. and V. συνάγειν.

cut down: P. and V. συστέλλειν, συντέμνειν.

verb intransitive

P. and V. συνάγεσθαι, συστέλλεσθαι.