spar
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
beam: Ar. and P. δοκός, ἡ, P. κεραία, ἡ.
of a ship: V. δόρυ, τό, or use κορμοὶ ναυτικοί (Euripides, Helen 1601).
spars for oars: Ar. and P. κωπῆς, οἱ.
piece of wreckage: P. and V. ναυάγια, τά, V. ἀγή, ἡ, θραῦσμα, τὸ.
verb intransitive
P. σκιαμαχεῖν, χειρονομεῖν; see box.
spar with (a person): V. ἀντανίστασθαί τινι ἐς χεῖρας (Sophocles, Tr. 441).
