shrink
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
contract: P. and V. συστέλλειν, συνάγειν.
shrivel: P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plato); see waste.
verb intransitive
contract: P. and V. συνάγεσθαι, συστέλλεσθαι.
fade: P. and V. μαραίνεσθαι; see waste.
hesitate: P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κατοκνεῖν, P. ἀποκνεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀναδύεσθαι
shrink from: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), ἐξίστασθαι (acc. or gen.), ὀκνεῖν (acc.), V. ἐξαφίστασθαι (gen.). P. ἀποκνεῖν (acc.).
shrink from (doing a thing): P. and V. ὀκνεῖν (infin.), κατοκνεῖν (infin.), φεύγω, φεύγειν (infin.), V. ἀφίστασθαι (infin.). P. ἀποκνεῖν (infin.).
