nip

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Ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ δυστυχοῦντι μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν → Miseri miseriae ne quid affingas mali → Vermehre nicht dem Unglücksraben noch sein Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 145

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

press: Ar. and P. θλίβειν.

nip (of cold): use P. κάειν.

nip in the bud: P. and V. αἱρεῖν, καθαιρεῖν, ἀναιρέω, ἀναιρεῖν.

nip a conspiracy in the bud: P. καταπαύειν ἐπιβουλήν.

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