prostrate

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. καταβάλλειν.

prostrate oneself: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν, Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (also Xen. but rare P.), V. προσπίτνειν.

prostrate oneself before: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν (acc.), Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (acc. or dat.), V. προσπίτνειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. and P. προκυλινδεῖσθαι (gen. or dat.).

be prostrated (by illness): P. and V. κάμνειν, νοσεῖν.

be prostrated (by grief), etc.: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, πιέζεσθαι.

adjective

V. χαμαιπετής.

lie prostrate, v.: P. and V. κεῖσθαι.

fall prostrate: P. and V. πίπτειν, καταπίπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops).

the prostrate body of his dead father: V. ὑπτίασμα κειμένου πατρός (Aesch., Agamemnon 1285).