strait
Ἴσος ἴσθι πᾶσι, κἂν ὑπερέχῃς τῷ βίῳ → Quamvis superior sorte, da te aequum omnibus → Sei allen gleich, auch wenn du reicher bist
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
narrow sea passage: P. and V. στενόν, τό, πορθμός, ὁ, πόρος, ὁ, V. γνάθος, ἡ, στενωπός, ἡ, αὐλών, ὁ, δίαυλος, ὁ.
they shall inhabit the plans that front the straight between two continents: V. ἀντίπορθμα δ' ἠπείροιν δυοῖν πέδια κατοικήσουσι (Euripides, Ion, 1585).
straits, difficulties: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ, ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl., P. τὰ δυσχερῆ; see also misfortune.
be in straits, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
into what straits of necessity have we fallen: V. εἰς οἷ' ἀνάγκης ζεύγματ' ἐμπεπτώκαμεν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 443).
the maintenance of his mercenaries will land him in great straits: P. εἰς στενὸν κομιδῆ τὰ τῆς τροφῆς τοῖς ξένοις αὐτῷ κακαστήσεται (Dem.
i5).
