strike
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κρούειν, τύπτειν, κόπτειν, πατάξαι (1st aor. of πατάσσειν), Ar. and V. παίειν (rare P.), θείνειν, ἀράσσειν; see also collide with.
strike with a missile: P. and V. βάλλειν.
strike with a javelin: P. and V. ἀκοντίζειν.
be struck: P. and V. πληγῆναι (aor. pass. of πλήσσειν).
Met., strike (with fear, etc.): P. and V. ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν.
be struck by, be astonished at: P. and V. θαυμάζειν (acc.).
strike (one), occur to (one): P. and V. παρίστασθαι (dat.) ἐμπίπτειν (dat.), ἐπέρχεσθαι, (acc. or dat.), εἰσέρχεσθαι (use. or dat.).
astonish: P. and V. θαῦμα παρέχω, θαῦμα παρέχειν (dat.).
strike a bargain, covenant: P. and V. συμβαίνειν; see covenant.
strike a light: rubbing stone against stone I struck with pain a dim light: ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).
strike a treaty: Ar. and P. σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι, P. and V. σπένδεσθαι, V. σπονδὰς τέμνειν.
strike against: P. and V. πταίειν πρός (dat.); collide with.
strike down: P. and V. καταβάλλειν.
strike in, interrupt, verb intransitive: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν.
strike in return: Ar. and P. ἀντιτύπτειν.
strike out, erase: P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, P. ἐκκολάπτειν.
strike out a new line: Ar. and P. καινοτομεῖν.
strike up (a tune, etc.): Ar. ἀναβάλλεσθαι (absol.).
strike upon: the sound of trouble in the house strikes upon my ears: V. φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ βάλλει δι' ὤτων (Sophocles, Antigone 1187).
