rouse

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

rouse from sleep: P. and V. ἐγείρειν, ἐξεγείρειν, Ar. and P. ἐπεγείρειν, ἀνεγείρειν (Xen.).

soon will they rouse from slumber you sleeper: V. τάχα μεταστήσουσ' ὕπνου τόνδ' ἡσυχάζοντα (Euripides, Orestes 133).

excite (persons or feelings): P. and V. ἐγείρειν, ἐξεγείρειν, κινεῖν, ἐπαίρειν, ἐξαίρειν, ὁρμᾶν, ἐξορμᾶν, παρακαλεῖν, Ar. and V. ζωπυρεῖν, V. ἐξάγειν, ὀρνύναι, ἐκκινεῖν.

rouse (a feeling, etc.) in a person: P. and V. ἐμβάλλειν (τί τινι), ἐντίκτειν (τί τινι) (Plato), ἐντιθέναι (τί τινι), P. ἐμποιεῖν (τί τινι), V. ἐνορνύναι (τί τινι).