stagger
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Ar. and P. ἰλιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).
reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see reel.
swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν. V. προλείπω, προλείπειν; see swoon.
she staggers back: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ (Euripides, Medea 1168).
be distressed: P. and V. κάμνειν; see labour.
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν, ἐξιστάναι, P. καταπλήσσω, καταπλήσσειν; see dismay.
