plunge

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

thrust, drive: P. and V. καθιέναι, V. μεθιέναι, βάλλειν, ἐμβάλλειν, ἱέναι, ὠθεῖν; see drive.

plunging my sword into my heart: V. φάσγανον πρὸς ἧπαρ ἐξακοντίσας (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1149).

dip (in water. etc.): P. and V. βάπτειν.

Met., plunge (into misfortune, etc.): P. and V. καθιστάναι εἰς (acc.).

verb intransitive

rear (of a horse): P. and V. σκιρτᾶν (Plato).

struggle: P. and V. σφαδάζειν (Xen.).

rush: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, V. ἀΐσσειν, ὀρούειν. Ar. and V. ᾄσσειν; see rush.

leap: P. and V. πηδᾶν (Plato); see leap.

plunge into, rush into: P. and V. εἰσπίπτειν (εἰς, acc.; or V. acc. alone or dat. alone); see rush.

divers plunged in and sawed these (stakes) off also: P. καὶ τούτους (τοὺς σταυροὺς) κολυμβηταὶ δυόμενοι ἐξέπριον (Thuc. 7, 25).

substantive

leap: V. πήδημα, τό. ἐκπήδημα, τό, ἅλμα, τό (also, Plato but rare P.), σκίρτημα, τό.

fall: P. and V. πτῶμα, τό (Plato), V. πέσημα, τό.